Dispenser and Method for Storing and Dispensing Sterile Product
AssigneeMedinstill Development LLC
InventorsDaniel Py, Norbert M. Assion, Julian V. Chan
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Abstract
A dispenser is provided for the delivery of controlled, metered amounts of any of numerous different substances to humans or animals, such as medicaments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food products, or to deliver materials that may react upon exposure to air, such as glue. Means are provided in the dispenser to effect controlled delivery of a pre-determined amount of the substance contained in the dispenser. A one-way valve is provided to hermetically seal the portion of the dispenser containing the substance to be dispensed.
Claims19
1-33. (canceled)
A device for aseptically receiving and dispensing fluid comprising:
- a sterile chamber having a sealed inlet at one end thereof for receiving fluid into the chamber, defined by a resealable member, and an outlet for dispensing fluid out of the chamber;
- wherein the resealable member is penetrable by an injection member for introducing substance through the resealable member and into the chamber, and is resealable to form a gas-tight seal between the chamber and at least one of the ambient atmosphere and a penetrated region of the resealable member after withdrawing the injection member therefrom.
A method of aseptically receiving into, and dispensing fluid from, a device comprising:
- penetrating a device with an injection member, wherein said device comprises a sterile chamber having a sealed inlet at one end thereof for receiving fluid into the chamber, defined by a resealable member, and an outlet for dispensing fluid out of the chamber, wherein the resealable member is penetrable by an injection member for introducing substance through the resealable member and into the chamber, and is resealable to form a gas-tight seal between the chamber and at least one of the ambient atmosphere and a penetrated region of the resealable member after withdrawing the injection member therefrom, wherein the penetrating step comprises penetrating the resealable member;
- introducing fluid from a source of fluid through the injection member and into the chamber of the device;
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- dispensing said fluid from the chamber through the outlet thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.