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US 12,653,935 B2Granted
System and method for opening a concentrate container and connecting the concentrate container to a blood treatment device
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
InventorsWinfried Brehm, Philippe Laffay, Gerhard Wiesen
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a system and method for opening a concentrate container without the need for a human to directly handle the concentrate container and connecting the concentrate container to a blood treatment device. Aspects of the invention are directed to a container for concentrate and a blood treatment device.
Claims9
A container for concentrate, comprising:
- a main body for containing concentrate;
- a connection portion having a flat end surface and configured to connect the container to a blood treatment device;
- two attachment elements arranged at two opposing sides of the connection portion and configured to reversibly attach the container to two corresponding attachment elements present on a blood treatment device;
- two connection elements each comprising an opening at the flat end surface of the connection portion and configured to interact with two corresponding connection elements present on a blood treatment device to fluidically couple the container with the blood treatment device by insertion of the connection elements present on the blood treatment device into the connection elements of the container;
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- at least one opening element configured to interact with a blood treatment device to open a lid of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.