Multi-chamber container system for storing and mixing fluids
AssigneeSolutions BioMed, LLC
InventorsBrian G. Larson, Daryl J. Tichy
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Abstract
The present disclosure is drawn to a multi-component container system and related methods for storing and mixing fluids and associated methods of use. The system provides individual component packaging which increases the shelf-life and usefulness of the multi-component system while reducing or eliminating hazards associated with increased component concentration. Specifically, the system can provide a multi-chamber container system for storing and mixing fluids in which at least one chamber is substantially encapsulated within another chamber.
Claims32
A multi-chamber container system for storing and mixing fluids, comprising:
- a first chamber containing a first fluid and having a sealable opening from which to dispense the first fluid, and
- a second chamber retaining a pressurized fluid, the second chamber being substantially encapsulated in the first chamber and having an irreversible release mechanism capable of facilitating the at least substantially complete expulsion of the pressurized fluid from the second chamber into the first chamber regardless of orientation of the second chamber with respect to the first chamber, the second chamber further being configured so that it is not removable from the first chamber without altering, distorting, or damaging the first chamber, and
- wherein the pressurized fluid in the second chamber is inaccessible except through expulsion into the first chamber.
A method of storing and mixing multiple fluids to form a mixed fluid composition for use, comprising:
- providing a system having a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being configured to contain a first fluid and having a sealable opening from which to dispense the first fluid and the second chamber being substantially encapsulated within the first chamber and having an irreversible release mechanism capable of facilitating the at least substantially complete expulsion of a second fluid from the second chamber into the first chamber regardless of orientation of the second chamber with respect to the first chamber, wherein the second fluid in the second chamber is inaccessible except through expulsion into the first chamber, and wherein the second chamber is configured so that it is not removable from the first chamber without altering, distorting, or damaging the first chamber;
- disposing the first fluid in the first chamber;
- pressurizing a second fluid in the second chamber;
- expelling the second fluid from the second chamber into the first chamber by activating the irreversible release mechanism;
- and
- allowing the first fluid and the second fluid to mix in the first chamber to form a mixed fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.