System for a sterile collection bag
AssigneeInternational BioProducts, Inc.
InventorsN. Robert Ward, Jr., Geoffrey S. Bright, Debra K. Cory
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Abstract
The body of a sterile collection bag has opposed sidewalls and an upper body end. The interior of the body defines a sterile collection space for an object. First and second flexible closure strips having integrated centrally located wires are attached to the bag sidewalls and extend beyond the side wall edges. The upper end of the body includes one or more small notches cut into the body sidewalls to facilitate tearing of the upper body end from the bag body, with abrupt edges of the strips acting as tear guides. Pull tabs attached to the closure strips can be drawn apart to open the mouth of the bag for insertion of a sample.
Claims22
A collection bag comprising:
- a body including opposed sidewalls and an upper body end, the body having a width, each sidewall being constructed of polymer film and having an exterior surface and a center section, the body having bottom, top and sidewall edges and an interior collection space for a sample;
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- an opening mechanism located near the upper body end and generally parallel thereto, the opening mechanism including first and second flexible closure members extending widthwise of the body, each closure member including a plastic strip having a first end and a second end and a centrally located malleable wire embedded therein, the closure members being attached to the sidewall exterior surfaces of the body in directly opposed relationship, each flexible closure member being longer than the width of the body so as to project beyond the sidewall edges, the closure members having substantially rigid and abrupt edges adjacent to the upper body end to facilitate transverse tearing of the polymer film along the rigid and abrupt edges for removal of the upper body end with the rigid and abrupt edges serving as lateral tear guides.
A sterile collection bag comprising:
- a body including opposed sidewalls and an upper body end, the body having a width, each sidewall being constructed of polymer film and having an exterior surface and a center section, the body having bottom, top and sidewall edges and an interior collection space for a sample, the sidewall edges having sealed marginal portions;
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- an opening mechanism located near the upper body end and generally parallel thereto, the opening mechanism including first and second flexible closure members extending widthwise of the body, each closure member including a plastic strip having a first end and a second end and a centrally located malleable wire embedded therein, the closure members being attached to the sidewall exterior surfaces of the body in directly opposed relationship, each flexible closure member being longer than the width of the body so as to project beyond the sidewall edges, the closure members having substantially rigid and abrupt edges adjacent to the upper body end to facilitate transverse tearing of the polymer film along the rigid and abrupt edges for removal of the upper body end with the rigid and abrupt edges serving as a lateral tear guide, the body including at least one notch formed in one of the sidewall edges without penetrating beyond the corresponding sealed marginal portion at a location adjacent to the closure members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.