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US 2024/0398456 A1Published application
Mixing device of at least two compounds
AssigneeTecres S.P.A.
InventorsGiovanni FACCIOLI, Renzo SOFFIATTI
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mixing device for at least two compounds, such as a liquid and a powder for obtaining bone cement, as well as a method of mixing at least two compounds using such mixing device.
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A device for mixing at least two compounds for obtaining a mixture, comprising:
- a first component including a first body defining a first housing area for at least one first compound;
- a second component, in use, operatively associable with said first component so as to place said first and said second component in fluid communication defining a fluid transfer axis from said first to said second component, said second component including a second body defining a second housing area;
- at least one element for containing at least one second compound, positioned or placeable within said second housing area, said at least one containment element comprising or delimiting at least one breaking or opening zone or point;
- said at least one containment element being displaceable or inclinable transversely or orthogonally to said transfer axis between a first rest position in which a respective abutment portion is not in contact with or in thrust such to determine its breaking or opening against said second component or with elements of said device integral with it and at least one second breaking or opening position in which said abutment portion impacts against said second component or presses against the same or with an element of said device integral therewith to a greater extent than said first position, so that when passing from said first to said at least one second position said at least one containment element breaks or opens in such a way that the at least one second compound inside it passes or flows from said second housing area to said first housing area along said fluid transfer axis.
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A method of mixing at least two compounds to obtain a mixture, comprising the steps of
- placing at least one first compound in a first housing area delimited by a first component comprising a first body;
- inserting at least one containment element containing at least one second compound in a second housing area delimited by a second component comprising a second body;
- operatively associating said second component to said first component;
- displace or incline said at least one containment element transversely or orthogonally to the transfer axis between a first rest position in which a respective abutment portion is not in contact with or in thrust such to determine its breaking or opening against said at least one second component or with elements of the device integral with it and at least one second breaking or opening position in which the abutment portion hits against said at least one second component or presses against the same or with an element of the device integral with it to a greater extent than the first position, so as to cause the breaking or opening of said at least one containment element to release said at least one second compound so that the latter passes or flows from said second housing area to said first housing area along said fluid transfer axis;
- mixing in said first housing area said at least one first compound with said at least one second compound so as to obtain a mixture;
- extruding or pushing said mixture previously obtained out of said first housing area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.