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US 2021/0171371 A1Published application
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.
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A system for on-demand delivery of one or more of a sterile fluid and a solution, comprising:
- a fluid source;
- a sterilization and/or purification mechanism in fluid communication with the fluid source, the sterilization and/or purification mechanism being configured to receive fluid from the fluid source and sterilize the received fluid;
- a solution production mechanism separate from and in fluid communication with the sterilization and/or purification mechanism, the solution production mechanism being configured to receive the sterile fluid from the sterilization and/or purification mechanism, the solution production mechanism being configured to selectively mix a solute with the received sterile fluid to produce a solution;
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- a dispensing mechanism in fluid communication with the sterilization and/or purification mechanism and the solution production mechanism and configured to dispense one or more of the sterile fluid and the solution;
- wherein the system is configured to deliver one or more of the sterile fluid and the solution to a desired area outside of the system after a request is made.
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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, for sterilizing the fluid, the sterilization and/or purification mechanism includes:
- 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 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 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 ozone in the fluid or to destroy and decompose organic molecules in the fluid;
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- 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.