Device and method for manually opening glass ampules and a cementing device
AssigneeHeraeus Medical GmbH
InventorSebastian Vogt
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Abstract
Devices and methods manually open glass ampules within the devices. One device may include a holder having at least one deformable side wall, a supporting element, and at least one strainer/filter arranged below the holder so that the content of the opened glass ampule may flows therethrough. A first lever of the device may pivot around a first axis and a free end of the first lever may be pressed against the deformable side wall of the holder. A second lever of the device may pivot around a second axis that may divide the second lever into a short lever arm and a long lever arm. The short lever arm may be pressed against the first lever and a glass ampule may be broken open by pressure of the free end of the first lever.
Claims20
A device for manually opening glass ampules within the device, wherein the device comprises:
- a holder with side walls closed at least in sections for holding glass ampules, wherein the holder comprises at least one deformable closed side wall and a supporting element located opposite to the at least one deformable closed side wall;
- at least one selected from a strainer and a filter arranged below the holder so that content of an opened glass ampule is flowable through the at least one selected from the strainer and/or the filter;
- a first lever pivotable around a first axis such that the first lever rotates against the holder, wherein the first lever has a total length defined between a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the first end comprises the first axis and the second end is a free end of the first lever that is pressable against the deformable closed side wall of the holder;
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- a second lever pivotable around a second axis such that the second lever rotates against the holder, wherein the second axis divides the second lever into a short lever arm and a long lever arm,
- wherein one end of the short lever arm is pressable through manual operation of the long lever arm against the first lever such that the free end of the first lever presses against the deformable closed side wall and deforms said deformable closed side wall such that a glass ampule, when located in the holder, is broken open by the pressure of the free end of the first lever.
A device for manually opening a glass ampule held within the device, the device comprising:
- a holder with side walls closed at least in sections, wherein the holder comprises at least one deformable closed side wall and a supporting element located opposite to the at least one deformable closed side wall;
- at least one selected from a strainer and a filter arranged below the holder;
- a first lever pivotable around a first axis such that the first lever rotates against the holder, wherein the first lever comprises a free end that is pressable against the deformable closed side wall of the holder;
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- a second lever pivotable around a second axis such that the second lever rotates against the holder, wherein the second axis divides the second lever into a short lever arm and a long lever arm,
- wherein the free end of the first lever has a total thickness defined between a first side of the free end and an opposite second side of the free end, wherein the first side of free end faces the at least one deformable closed side wall of the holder and the opposite second side of the free end faces the short lever arm of the second lever, and the total thickness of the free end is disposed between the deformable closed side wall and short lever arm of the second lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.