Liquitab Revolutionary Medication Delivery Device from Down Under" the Hit of NADONA/LTC 2003 Conference

LQTL Pty. Ltd. exhibit of its revolutionary Liquitab medication delivery device was the hit of the exhibits at the recent NADONA/LTC 2003, the annual conference of the National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care, held June 9-10 at the Cincinnati Convention Center. The Liquitab device electronically disintegrates tablet medications and contemporaneously, automatically mixes the medication with a flavored syrup, resulting in an easily administrable medicine, served in a disposable cup, for ingestion by patients with compliance issues. Patients for whom this device will be especially relevant are geriatrics patients, children, psychiatric patients, prison inmates, and various other patients with swallowing problems.

CINCINNATI, OH (PRWEB) July 3, 2003 – LQTL Pty. Ltd. exhibit of its revolutionary Liquitab medication delivery device was the hit of the exhibits at the recent NADONA/LTC 2003, the annual conference of the National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care, held June 9-10 at the Cincinnati Convention Center. The Liquitab device electronically disintegrates tablet medications and contemporaneously, automatically mixes the medication with a flavored syrup, resulting in an easily administrable medicine, served in a disposable cup, for ingestion by patients with compliance issues.

Patients for whom this device will be especially relevant are geriatrics patients, children, psychiatric patients, prison inmates, and various other patients with swallowing problems.
For two days, during the hours of exhibition, visitors to the Liquitab booth stood three and four-deep, waiting to get the chance to see a demonstration and talk to Graeme Wurm and Keith Dobson, two Aussies who are principals in LQTL Pty. Ltd., the owner of the Liquitab technology.

The Aussies have brought the technology to the U.S. looking for strategic partners to engage a license and/or joint venture to commercialize the Liquitab device. It was obvious that there were many attendees at the exhibition with a very lively interest in the technology.

We were overwhelmed with the friendliness of the Americans and their excitement about the Liquitab technology" said Graeme Wurm, also a pharmacy owner and licensed pharmacist in the Melbourne, Australia area. While we have always been confident about the usefulness and real need for an automatic way to mix medications into an easily ingestible fluid, we had not conducted in-depth analysis, which would give us confidence about the commercial demand in America. Our visit to Cincinnati has certainly answered that question in a big way."

In addition to the ease of administration to patients with swallowing difficulty, the Liquitab device lends a helping hand to nurses, who bear the responsibility for ensuring that these patients fully ingest their medications. Medications prepared for ingestion using the Liquitab device are processed in a small, capped plastic cup, removing the risk of cross-contamination with other medications that can occur, when mortar and pestle or other mechanical pulverizing devices are used," stated Keith Dobson, whose background as a licensed nurse provided part of the inspiration for the Liquitab invention.

The Liquitab device is also a labor-saving factor for the nursing staff," added Mr. Dobson. The process greatly simplifies and reduces the time required to prepare and serve medications. It is easy to use, alleviating risk to staff of repetitive stress injury; and the use of the enclosed cup prevents inhalation of crushed medications by the nurse."
The Liquitab device was also exhibited at the ASCP Mid-Year Conference, Tampa Florida, May xx-xx, 2003the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists held May 13 through 16 at the Tampa Convention Center.