System for port and tube holder assembly attachment device
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsTristan Wise, Charles Rhodes
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Abstract
A tube holder assembly includes a base plate, an attachment plate, and an optional securing element. The base plate may include guides into which protrusions of the attachment plate slide to alter the positioning apparatus from an open position to a closed position. The base plate also includes receivers to receive tubular members, which have their movement restrained by the receivers and the securing elements in the closed position. The tube holder assembly may also include a latch to help maintain the closed position during operation.
Claims13
A liquid dispensing system, comprising:
- a rigid housing having a floor and an upstanding sidewall forming a cavity;
- a container housed in the cavity of the rigid housing and having one or more tubular members extending therefrom;
- a positioning apparatus configured to restrain the one or more tubular members, the positioning apparatus comprising:
- a base plate having a first receiver to receive at least one tubular member, and a guide slot;
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- an attachment plate having a protrusion configured to engage the guide slot, thereby aligning the base plate and the attachment plate,
- wherein the first receiver is captured between the base plate and the attachment plate when the protrusion engages the guide slot.
A method of dispensing a liquid, comprising:
- housing a container within a rigid housing, wherein the container is connected to a tubular member;
- positioning the tubular member within a receiver of a base plate, the base plate being coupled to the housing;
- positioning an attachment plate in alignment to the base plate to restrain movement of the tubular member;
- releasably securing the base plate to the attachment plate by a latch device;
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- dispensing the liquid from within the container through the tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.