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US 12,365,609 B2Granted
Sterile and/or purified fluid and/or solution delivery system
AssigneesThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation
InventorsJoseph Foss, William Kolosi, Dale Ashby, Gino Banco, Paul Resendes
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Abstract
One aspect of the present disclosure can include a system for dispensing purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution. The delivery system can include a fluid reservoir, a sterilization and/or purification mechanism, a solution production mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and a controller. The system can dispense the purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution on-demand.
Claims8
A system for on-demand delivery of a sterile fluid, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one fluid reservoir in the housing and configured to hold a fluid;
- a sterilization and/or purification mechanism in the housing and in fluid communication with the at least one fluid reservoir, the sterilization and/or purification mechanism being configured to sterilize the fluid, components of the sterilization and/or purification mechanism that sterilize the fluid include:
- a pre-filter configured to remove impurities larger than about 5 μm from the fluid,
- a carbon filter downstream of the pre-filter and configured to remove the impurities larger than about 1 μm from the fluid,
- a mixed bed resin tank downstream of the carbon filter and configured to remove poisonous and heavy metals from the fluid,
- a fines filter downstream of the mixed bed resin tank and configured to remove the impurities larger than about 1 μm from the fluid,
- a first ultra-violet module downstream of the fines filter and configured to disinfect the fluid and destroy ozone in the fluid or to destroy and decompose organic molecules in the fluid,
- an electrodeionization module downstream of the first ultra-violet module and configured to substantially deionize the fluid, and
- a second ultra-violet module downstream of the electrodeionization module and configured to disinfect the fluid and destroy the ozone in the fluid or to destroy and decompose the organic molecules in the fluid;
- and
- a dispensing mechanism in fluid communication with the sterilization and/or purification mechanism and configured to dispense the sterile fluid;
- wherein the system is configured to deliver the sterile fluid to a desired area outside of the system after a request is made.
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