Flexible storage container
AssigneeB. Braun Medical Inc.
InventorsSteve Smith, Joachim Beine, Bill Sperko
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Abstract
A flexible container for fluid administration is provided having a body defining a cavity, a base, and at least one port comprising a flange in contact with a flange of a terminal port having a punctureable membrane layer. The body has a cross-sectional configuration including a lower body section of a first dimension, a middle body section of a second dimension, and an upper body section of a third dimension, wherein the second dimension is smaller than the first dimension and the third dimension. The flexible container may also include a base having a plurality of creases that are foldable to form two folded ends each including an extension having a base of a first dimension and a tip of a second dimension.
Claims10
A method of making a flexible container, said method comprising:
- blowing hot parison against a mold assembly to create an interior cavity of the flexible container for storing fluid and forming a nozzle end comprising at least one nozzle;
- removing the container from the mold assembly;
- said container comprising a length, a width, a depth, the nozzle end, and a common perimeter connecting a container front wall and a container rear wall;
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- performing post-mold manipulation to reduce the depth of the container excluding the nozzle end while the container is warmer than ambient temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.