Travel case for transporting insulin

Abstract

A travel case for transporting insulin is provided with an outer bottle with an outer bottle cap, an inner bottle with an inner bottle cap, fins, and a means to thermally insulate the outer bottle. The inner bottle is located within the outer bottle. The fins are attached to and protrude radially from the inner bottle, thus acting to keep the inner bottle centrally located within and relative to the outer bottle, as well as to keep the inner bottle in a substantially upright position within the outer bottle. The inner bottle is adapted to receive one or more bottles of insulin. In use, ice is added to the outer bottle between the fins, the ice acting as a heat sink to keep the insulin bottles cold within the inner bottle.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not Applicable STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT [0002] The present invention does not involve any form of federally sponsored research or development. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates generally to a container for transporting medicines requiring cold storage, and more specifically to a container used to transport insulin. Containers utilizing heat sinks are well known in the art, but are generally adapted for industrial use and not suitable for individual consumers, or at least not convenient for consumers. [0004] One species of insulating carrying devices contains heat sinks comprising material that must first be cooled. U.S. Pat. No. 4,250,998 to Taylor, U.S. Pat. No. 4,573,581 to Galloway et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,355,684 to Guice are representative of this type of container. This requirement of cooling the heat sink is undesirable because most travelers do not have refrig...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for transporting insulin and other medications requiring refrigeration. It is a further object of the invention to provide consumers an inexpensive and convenient means to keep medications cold during transport by providing a device whose heat sink can be replenished and recharged using means readily available to consumers at hotels and gas stations, namely ice machines and the like.

[0009] The outer bottle has a bottom and a side wall, and an open top. An outer bottle cap is provided. The outer bottle cap is adapted to close and temporarily seal the top of the outer bottle so as to make the outer bottle water tight.

Problems solved by technology

Containers utilizing heat sinks are well known in the art, but are generally adapted for industrial use and not suitable for individual consumers, or at least not convenient for consumers.

This requirement of cooling the heat sink is undesirable because most travelers do not have refrigeration means readily available to them during trips, thus making this type of device unsuitable for long trips.

This type of device is wholly inconvenient and generally unavailable to the average consumer.

Thus, an unfulfilled need exists for a means to transport insulin for the average traveler.

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