Sterile storage, transport and delivery of fluids
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMadhana Sunder, Joyce E. Molinelli Acocella, Allan Cory VanDeventer
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Abstract
A reusable apparatus for storing and delivering a sterile product. The apparatus includes a compressible reservoir adapted to allow for filling, storing, and delivering the sterile product, and a sterile inlet and outlet device including an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The sterile inlet and outlet device is connected to the compressible reservoir and adapted to allow the sterile product to be filled from exterior to the reusable apparatus and into the compressible reservoir through the inlet portion and adapted to allow the sterile product to be delivered from the compressible reservoir through the outlet portion.
Claims18
A reusable apparatus for storing and delivering a sterile product, the reusable apparatus comprising:
- a compressible reservoir adapted to allow for filling, storing, and delivering the sterile product;
- a sterile inlet and outlet device including an inlet portion and an outlet portion;
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- at least one valve included in each of the inlet and the outlet portions of the sterile inlet and outlet device,
- wherein the at least one valve is adapted to be opened or closed to control filling or draining of the sterile product into or from the reusable apparatus, and the sterile inlet and outlet device is connected to the compressible reservoir and is adapted to allow the sterile product to be filled from an exterior of the reusable apparatus and into the compressible reservoir through the inlet portion and adapted to allow the sterile product to be delivered from the compressible reservoir through the outlet portion.
A reusable apparatus for filling, storing, and delivering a first sterile product and for filling and storing a second sterile product, the reusable apparatus comprising:
- a first compressible reservoir adapted to allow for filling, storing and delivering the first sterile product;
- a second compressible reservoir adapted to allow for filling, storing and delivering the second sterile product;
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- a sterile inlet and outlet device including an inlet portion and an outlet portion,
- wherein the sterile inlet and outlet device is connected to the first compressible reservoir and is adapted to allow the first sterile product to be filled from an exterior of the reusable apparatus and into the first compressible reservoir through the inlet portion and adapted to allow the first sterile product to be delivered from the first compressible reservoir through the outlet portion.
A method of storing and delivering a sterile product, the method comprising:
- providing a reusable apparatus for storing and delivering the sterile product, comprising:
- a compressible reservoir adapted to be compressed and expanded to allow for filling, storing, and delivering the sterile product;
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- a sterile inlet and outlet device including an inlet portion and an outlet portion,
- wherein the sterile inlet and outlet device is connected to the compressible reservoir and is adapted to allow the sterile product to be filled from an exterior of the reusable apparatus and into the compressible reservoir through the inlet portion and adapted to allow the sterile product to be delivered from the compressible reservoir through the outlet portion;
- expanding the compressible reservoir to fill the compressible reservoir with the sterile product through the inlet portion of the sterile inlet and outlet device;
- and
- compressing the compressible reservoir to deliver the sterile product from the outlet portion of the sterile inlet and outlet device of the reusable apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.