Anesthetic container
AssigneeBaxter Healthcare S.A.
InventorsNathan Mitchell, Robert Gliniecki
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Abstract
An anesthetic container includes a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle, a valve assembly including a flange, and a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle. One of the wall of the bottle, the flange of the valve assembly or a wall of the ferrule has at least one vent formed, at least in part, therein that permits air trapped between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
Claims28
An anesthetic container comprising:
- a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle;
- a valve assembly including a flange with a fluid-tight connection to the bottle;
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- a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle and to form a space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or bottle,
- the ferrule having at least one vent formed in a wall of the ferrule that permits air trapped in the space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
An anesthetic container comprising:
- a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle;
- a valve assembly including a flange, a conduit, the flange of the valve assembly being formed integrally with the conduit and the conduit having an opening, a moveable valve member that occludes the opening in a closed position to limit passage of fluids through the opening, and a tube disposed within the conduit, defining a first passage through the tube and a second passage between the tube and the conduit;
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- a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle,
- the ferrule having at least one vent formed in a wall of the ferrule that permits air trapped between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
An anesthetic container comprising:
- a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle;
- a valve assembly including a flange with a fluid-tight connection to the bottle;
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- a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle and to form a space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or bottle,
- the valve assembly having at least one vent formed, at least in part, in the flange that permits air trapped in the space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
An anesthetic container comprising:
- a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle;
- a valve assembly including a flange with a fluid-tight connection to the bottle;
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- a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle and to form a space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or bottle,
- the bottle having at least one vent formed, at least in part, in the wall of the bottle that permits air trapped in the space between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.