Filling Dispensers Patents (Class 141/2)
  • Publication number: 20100288393
    Abstract: A method of preparing multiple doses of a pharmaceutical solution, such as ranibizumab, from a single-dose container, includes providing a sterile enclosed area with a plurality of unused sterile syringes, a decapper, and a plurality of sterile bags, opening a single-use container of a pharmaceutical solution in the enclosed area, withdrawing a first portion of the pharmaceutical solution using one of the sterile syringes, withdrawing a second portion of the pharmaceutical solution using a second of the sterile syringes, repeating the previous step for the remaining pharmaceutical solution using the remaining sterile syringes, and placing the sterile syringes containing portions of the pharmaceutical solution individually in the sterile bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Robert A. Malmstrom, Joy L. Meier, Jannet M. Carmichael
  • Patent number: 7828020
    Abstract: A concentrate/extract cartridge for a beverage dispenser adapted to dispense a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent is provided. The cartridge includes a hollow body for containing liquid concentrate/extract and an aperture. A pumping device is connected to the hollow body for dispensing the liquid concentrate/extract from the hollow body through the aperture. A method for dispensing a liquid concentrate/extract from a beverage dispenser using a concentrate/extract cartridge is also provided in which the concentrate/extract does not come into contact with the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Intelligent Coffee Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Girard, Mario E. Vassaux, Roy Kenneth Fischer, Richard Symington, Erik Kenneth Anderson, Shlomo Greenwald, Zipora Greenwald, Nassar Pirshafiey
  • Publication number: 20100276033
    Abstract: A fluid containment and dispensing system having a RHD tag associated therewith. The fluid containment and dispensing system includes a fluid containment drum having an opening defined thereon. The fluid containment and dispensing system further includes a dispensing mechanism operably coupleable with the opening, the dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the contents of the fluid containment drum. An identification tag is coupleable with the dispensing mechanism and includes a first laminate, a second laminate laminated to the first laminate, and a RFID member disposed between the first and second laminates, wherein the RFID member includes information associated with a fluid containment and dispensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne ASP, Jeffrey J. McKenzie, John M. Hennen
  • Patent number: 7823609
    Abstract: A source of compressed air, such as one or more air compressors and/or one or more tanks of compressed air, is used to sequentially fill a plurality of compressed air storage cylinders. A plurality of pressure-sensitive, one way check valves cause the storage cylinders to be automatically filled up, one at a time, in a determined sequence. The outputs of the storage cylinders are connected through a plurality of differential air pressure valves to a fill station, to cause the storage cylinders to fill up individual air breathing tanks, in which the storage cylinders are depleted in a determined sequence, one at a time. By depleting first the first to be filled storage cylinder, first in—first out, the same filling procedure can be used to refill the air storage cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Inventor: Scott F. Wonders
  • Publication number: 20100274186
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-chamber carpule comprising a cylinder (1) comprising a bypass (3), a central plug (6) and an end plug (10), and an attachment; the invention further relates to a method for producing and filling said dual-chamber carpule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Werner SEIFERLEIN, Jorn Mockel
  • Patent number: 7814943
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing foam for the treatment of, inter alia, varicose veins. The apparatus includes a source of foam and a dispensing device which has an inlet in communication with the source of foam, a usable foam outlet, and a waste bleed outlet. The waste bleed outlet communicates with the inlet and with the useable foam outlet, and has a higher resistance to flow of foam than that of the usable foam outlet. The useable foam outlet may be blocked off such that foam may flow through the high resistance waste bleed outlet, and the usable foam outlet may be opened such that foam may flow through the usable foam outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventors: Anthony David Harman, David Dakin Iowerth Wright, Jam Willem Marinus Mijers, Stuart Brian William Kay, Christopher John Hurlstone, Julian Richard Dixon, Andrew Gordon Pocock, Brendan Hogan
  • Publication number: 20100258214
    Abstract: A refueling valve assembly is a pressure-activated valve that allows a flow of fluid, for example, fluid fuel, into the fuel reservoir. A fuel inlet port allows for the fluid fuel to be introduced into the valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a compressible member having a first sealing position and a second fueling position, where the compressible member is more compressed in the second fueling position than the first sealing position. The compressible member is sealingly coupled with the fuel inlet port when the compressible member is in the first sealing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Joerg Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7811462
    Abstract: A method for dispersing an oil additive into an oil passing through a filter, the method comprising: filling a first cavity of an additive cartridge with an additive; locating the additive cartridge within a housing of the filter, the additive cartridge being located within a flow path through the filter, the additive cartridge having a second cavity without any additive disposed therein, the second cavity defining a first fluid path through the additive cartridge and the oil must pass through the second cavity in order to exit the filter; and metering the additive through an opening in the additive cartridge, the opening providing a second fluid path into the additive cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Eilers, Daniel J. Auxter, Michael S. Lynch, Gerard W. Bilski, Gary B. Zulauf
  • Publication number: 20100243099
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for delivering therapeutic fluids transcutaneously to a body of a patient via a fluid delivery device and an adapter is provided. A Luer slip connector is provided at a first connecting end of the adapter. A therapeutic fluid container is connected with the second connecting end such that the container's neck is received in the second connecting end and a hollow penetrating member provided in the adapter punctures the septum of the container to admit the therapeutic fluid into a needle-less syringe from the container. After, fluid emerges from the tip of the penetrating member, the second connecting end of the adapter is attached to the fluid delivery device, thereby filling the reservoir with the fluid and pushing the syringe plunger forward to inject fluid into reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: MEDINGO LTD.
    Inventor: Ofer Yodfat
  • Patent number: 7798426
    Abstract: A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) which contains a removable liner (13). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a plastic material, is a close fit within the interior of the reservoir and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner during operation of the gun. Preferably, the liner has a comparatively-rigid base and is capable of standing, unsupported, outside the reservoir. The side walls of the liner are preferably thin in comparison to the base and can be collapsed for disposal of the liner. The reservoir (11) has a removable lid (15) and is capable of standing, inverted, on its own so that it can be filled with fluid. The lid (15) also functions to secure the liner (13) in the reservoir and, at the end of a spraying operation, the lid (15) and the liner (13) are removed together from the reservoir (11) and discarded, thereby simplifying the cleaning of the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. P. Joseph, Malcolm F. Douglas, Alan F. Butler
  • Patent number: 7798425
    Abstract: A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) which contains a removable liner (13). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a plastic material, is a close fit within the interior of the reservoir and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner during operation of the gun. Preferably, the liner has a comparatively-rigid base and is capable of standing, unsupported, outside the reservoir. The side walls of the liner are preferably thin in comparison to the base and can be collapsed for disposal of the liner. The reservoir (11) has a removable lid (15) and is capable of standing, inverted, on its own so that it can be filled with fluid. The lid (15) also functions to secure the liner (13) in the reservoir and, at the end of a spraying operation, the lid (15) and the liner (13) are removed together from the reservoir (11) and discarded, thereby simplifying the cleaning of the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. P. Joseph, Alan F. Butler
  • Patent number: 7798421
    Abstract: A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) with a removable liner (13) received in a container (12) having a detachable lid (15). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a planar material, has a shape that corresponds to and is a close fit within the interior of the container (12) and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner (13) during operation of the spray gun (1). The lid (15) has an outlet (16) connected to an inlet on the spray gun (1) for transfer of liquid from the reservoir (11) to the spray gun (1) and the container (12) has a vent (12A) in the base end for admitting air between the container (12) and the liner (13) as liquid is withdrawn from within the liner (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. P. Joseph, Malcolm F. Douglas, Alan F. Butler, David R. Bastow, Jerry E. Salhus, Margaret A. Hartfel
  • Patent number: 7798427
    Abstract: A spray gun (1) has a fluid reservoir (11) with a removable liner (13) received in a container (12) having a detachable lid (15). The liner (13), which may be thermo/vacuum-formed from a planar material, has a shape that corresponds to and is a close fit within the interior of the container (12) and collapses as fluid is withdrawn from within the liner (13) during operation of the spray gun (1). The lid (15) has an outlet (16) connected to an inlet on the spray gun (1) for transfer of liquid from the reservoir (11) to the spray gun (1) and the container (12) has a vent (12A) in the base end for admitting air between the container (12) and the liner (13) as liquid is withdrawn from within the liner (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen C. P. Joseph, Malcolm F. Douglas, Alan F. Butler
  • Publication number: 20100230000
    Abstract: Laundry care products comprising a plastic container containing a laundry care composition, wherein the container comprises a self venting tap functionally attached to the container, provides for a product that is free of a venting chimney and/or the container's fill volume to be maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Kopulos, Nathaniel David Thulin
  • Publication number: 20100218844
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for changeover of containers of a highly soluble substance in a continuous flow process, fluid is flowed through a container of the substance to generate a solution until the substance is depleted and the concentration of the solution starts to drop. The solution from the first container is then directed through a second container containing a charge of the substance to maintain a saturated solution. When the first container is fully exhausted, the flow of fluid is switched to isolate the first container and to flow the fluid directly into the second container whereupon the first container can be safely removed. The arrangement is operated as a lead lag system with solution flowing through the containers at or close to plug flow to minimize mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ian Tyler Bell, Steven Lloyd Siverns
  • Patent number: 7779609
    Abstract: A syringe and a reconstitution syringe are provided for the delivery of controlled doses of any of numerous different sterile substances, such as vaccines, medicaments, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetics, and food products. A plunger of the syringe defines a resealable stopper frictionally and slidably received within a hollow syringe body for dispensing the medicament or other substance through a dispensing tip of the syringe upon movement of the plunger. The resealable stopper defines a heat-sealable portion to allow the stopper to be penetrated by a needle or other filling device to fill the syringe with a medicament or other substance, and in turn allow the hole remaining upon withdrawal of the needle to be heat sealed by transmission of laser energy thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 7779874
    Abstract: A method of filling kegs with a liquid beverage in a keg filling plant in which kegs are moved from a conveyor belt into a keg-filling machine by a star wheel structure, the star pockets of which or the arms of which can be individually adjusted to accommodate different-sized containers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG
    Inventor: Alois Monzel
  • Publication number: 20100211016
    Abstract: An application device for applying a dispensable material is disclosed having a closed state and an open state, the application device comprising an elastic part made of an elastic material and having a through channel being configured for engaging a cavity of a receptacle, further comprising a holder supporting a dispensing means fluidly connected with the through channel. A pinch seal is used for sealing the through channel when being in the closed state. Long-term storage is made possible, since leakage of the pinch seal is prevented by a cap effecting the pinch seal which is partially fitted into a collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: John Paul Palmer-Felgate
  • Patent number: 7775245
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing a product releasably incorporated within a carrier, and for removing the product and returning the carrier for rehabilitation. In one embodiment, the system includes a first supply loop comprising a manufacturing facility for releasably incorporating a product into a first carrier to form fresh. The first loop further includes transportation means for conveying fresh to a first user, the first user including a fresh storage vessel for receiving and storage of fresh. The first user further comprises means for removing product from the carrier to form spent, and a spent storage vessel for receiving, storing, and dispensing of spent. The loop further includes means for returning the spent to a rehabilitation facility of the spent to form fresh wherein a product is contained in a carrier. The carrier may be in any physical state such as for example, solid, liquid, vapor, plasma, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Yliy Gershtein, Karen M. Campbell, Paul Anthony Mattiola, Derek Miller, Thomas Joseph
  • Patent number: 7766057
    Abstract: A bottle assembly is provided and includes a body portion defining a cavity therein; a top lid assembly selectively connectable to an upper end of the body portion, the top lid assembly includes a selectively deployable and retractable spout, wherein when the spout is in a deployed condition a fluid path is opened into the cavity of the body portion and when the spout is in a retracted condition the fluid path into the cavity of the body portion is closed; a trigger assembly operatively associated with the top lid assembly for selectively moving the spout between a deployed and a retracted condition; and a bottom lid assembly selectively connectable to a bottom end of the body portion, the bottom lid assembly including a valve assembly configured and adapted to open and close a fluid path into the cavity of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: David Mitchell Windmiller
  • Publication number: 20100191382
    Abstract: A mixing vial is provided for an automated biological reaction apparatus typically used for staining tissue samples in Immuno-histological and in-situ hybridisation reactions. The mixing vial allows reagents placed on the apparatus to be mixed together to form additional or blended reagents. A reagent dispenser mounted on a robotic arm withdraws reagent from the reagent containers and deposits it into one of the mixing vials. Several reagents can be deposited into each vial. Mixing is undertaken by withdrawing the reagents in a vial and re-dispensing the reagent back into the vial. Mixing may take place between the operation of other tasks performed by the apparatus, and a scheduler is used to ensure blended reagent is provided before it is required in one of the processes undertaken on the apparatus. The apparatus is able to automatically identify which blended reagents are required and when they must be applied to provide an appropriate schedule that minimises time taken to stain samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Vision Biosystems Limited
    Inventors: Frank Samuhel, Adam Donath, Krzysztof Zawadzki, Anthony Cecil White
  • Patent number: 7762289
    Abstract: A method and related system of filling therapeutic gas cylinders. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a method comprising determining, by a cylinder fill device, a rated pressure of a therapeutic gas cylinder, and filling the cylinder with the cylinder fill device substantially to the rated pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Respironics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin G. McCulloh, Alonzo C. Aylsworth, Lawrence C. Spector
  • Patent number: 7762290
    Abstract: A method of loading particulate matter into a transport container having at least one chamber with a peripheral region using an apparatus comprising a rotatable member configured to be positioned at least partially into an opening for the chamber. The method can include the acts of locating the apparatus adjacent the opening for the chamber by movement relative to the transport container, initiating a flow of particulate matter from the apparatus into the opening, rotating the rotatable member to facilitate the dispensing of particulate matter within the chamber, and engaging the rotatable member with particulate matter so that at least a portion of particulate matter that has been dispensed into the chamber is pushed into the peripheral region within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Schroeder, Joel Bordewyk, Donald Krueger, Michael Masgai, Steven Redford
  • Patent number: 7760104
    Abstract: A fluid containment and dispensing system having a RFID tag associated therewith. The fluid containment and dispensing system includes a fluid containment drum having an opening defined thereon. The fluid containment and dispensing system further includes a dispensing mechanism operably coupleable with the opening, the dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the contents of the fluid containment drum. An identification tag is coupleable with the dispensing mechanism and includes a first laminate, a second laminate laminated to the first laminate, and a RFID member disposed between the first and second laminates, wherein the RFID member includes information associated with a fluid containment and dispensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Asp, Jeffrey J. McKenzie, John M. Hennen
  • Publication number: 20100175777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container, such as a tube or the like, for storing and dispensing viscous to paste-like dispensing products, made of plastic, composite, or metal, and having an arbitrary cross-section, wherein the container has a shoulder comprising a dispensing opening, and a cladding that is permanently and tightly connected to said shoulder, wherein the cladding can be tightly closed after filling with the product to be dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Sigismund Laskowski
  • Publication number: 20100177150
    Abstract: A colour print cartridge comprises an ink housing 100 having a single interior compartment 250. A print head 160 mounted at the base of the housing in fluid communication with the interior of the compartment via a plurality of passageways 174, 180 in the base each having an entrance in the compartment. A single compressed block 252 of hydrophobic foam material is inserted under compression into the compartment immediately above the passageway entrances. A plurality of differently coloured inks are injected into the block via respective needles 192, each ink filling a respective passageway 174, 180 and a respective region 194, 196 of the foam block above the passageway. The differently coloured inks occupying non-contiguous regions within the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Jon Rittgers, Edward Savage
  • Patent number: 7753085
    Abstract: An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: ForHealth Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Tribble, Joel A. Osborne, Abdul Wahid Khan, Edward J. Lefebre
  • Patent number: 7753091
    Abstract: A device for controlling the filling of a receptacle with liquid by a drink vending machine. The device includes visual marking device for marking the liquid fill level in the receptacle, a device for emitting a signal towards the receptacle, a device for receiving an incident signal and which receives the incident signal returning from the receptacle and a controlling device configured for commanding the stoppage of filling on the basis of a variation of the incident signal. The receiving device includes a series of photoelectric receivers and at least one variable which is a displacement of a light incident signal measured by the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Matthieu Ozanne, Alexandre Kollep, Ralph Piguet, Grégoire Terrien, Xavier Greppin
  • Publication number: 20100174182
    Abstract: An apparatus for the handling of hazardous fluids includes a collection vessel, a collection vessel connector, a dose control connector, a unit dose container, a delivery control connector, and a delivery site access device. The collection vessel contains the fluid prior to dispensing, the unit dose container contains a predetermined amount of the fluid for dispensing, the delivery site access device provides access to an intended delivery site, and the connector attaches pieces of the apparatus to one another. The method of the invention allows needle-free connections to be made for the apparatus, using a predetermined arrangement of the pieces of the apparatus, and in one embodiment, employs deformable elastomeric valves capable of creating a decreased pressure at a valve surface, so that upon closure of said valves, a fluid on the surface on the valves is withdrawn within the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: CARDINAL HEALTH 414, INC.
    Inventor: Jerry Costanzo
  • Publication number: 20100174268
    Abstract: A sealing assembly movable within an opening of a medicament container allows (1) gases to be vented from the container, (2) medication to be stored in the container, and (3) medication to be dispensed from the container. Methods of limiting exposure of the medication to oxygen to prevent degradation of the medication while in the medicament container are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: John G. Wilmot, C. Michael Mesa
  • Publication number: 20100159343
    Abstract: Among other things, a gas storage system includes a group of capsules and an activation element coupled to the group. The group of capsules are formed within a substrate and contain gas stored at a relatively high pressure compared to atmospheric pressure. The activation element is configured to deliver energy in an amount sufficient to cause at least one of the capsules to release stored gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen A. Marsh, Donald M. Parker, William J. Grande
  • Publication number: 20100154922
    Abstract: A safety system and method of an air distribution system of a tunnel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, the air distribution includes a supply unit installed on a particular wall of the first set of walls to facilitate delivery of breathable air from a source of compressed air to an emergency support system of the tunnel structure, a fill site interior to the tunnel structure to provide the breathable air to a breathable air apparatus at multiple locations of the tunnel structure, a secure chamber of the fill site as a safety shield that confines a possible rupture of an over-pressurized breathable air apparatus within the secure chamber, a distribution structure that is compatible with use with compressed air that facilitates dissemination of the breathable air of the source of compressed air to multiple locations of the tunnel structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Anthony J. Turiello
  • Publication number: 20100147412
    Abstract: An improved spent catalyst regenerator which contains sub-troughs branching off from the main trough, distribution troughs which extend outward from the sides of the main trough and the sub-troughs, and downflow tubes extending downward from the bottom of the main trough and sub-troughs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Chris Santner, Eusebius Gbordzoe, Harvey McQuiston
  • Publication number: 20100152676
    Abstract: A drug loading apparatus includes a plunger with a through hole or slit valve located in the top face of the plunger. A dispensing chamber housing located in a drug delivery device is configured to receive the plunger so that a dispensing chamber is formed when the plunger is located in the dispensing chamber housing. The drug can then be loaded into the dispensing chamber through the plunger, and a piston with an end configured to seal the through hole or engage the plunger with the slit valve can then be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Alcon Research, LTD.
    Inventors: Don A. Clements, Julie A. Clifford, Bruno Dacquay, Mark T. DuPriest, Robert Rodstrom, Robert J. Sanchez, JR., Pardeep K. Sethi
  • Publication number: 20100147864
    Abstract: A packaging for a pharmaceutical product comprising a body portion (10) having an opening (24) for dispensing the pharmaceutical product; and a lid portion (12) adapted to seal the opening by means of a projection (20) adapted to be received in the opening of the body, wherein the projection is adapted to form a substantially airtight bore seal with the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: RECKITT BENCKISER HEALTHCARE (UK) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Howes, Steed Hubbard, John Lawrence, Andrew Newhall, Mark Pearson
  • Publication number: 20100152683
    Abstract: A topical dermal delivery device, such as a patch, for topical delivery of nitric oxide (NO) to treatment sites of mammals is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Lars Lindgren, Linda Mårlind, Rikard Thorsen
  • Publication number: 20100132618
    Abstract: A liquid bird feed is provided with a liquid container having a sealable top opening and a bottom opening, a liquid tray adapted to immerse the bottom opening in liquid, and a valve mechanism adapted to close the bottom opening to enable the liquid container to be filled through the sealable top opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: John Stone, Oliver McLachlan, David Harting
  • Publication number: 20100132830
    Abstract: A method of making a print cartridge comprises providing an ink housing 100 having a top and a base and at least one interior compartment 106, the housing further having a passageway 172, 174 in the base with an entrance in the compartment to allow fluid communication between the interior of the compartment and a print head 160 mounted at the base of the housing. A block of hydrophobic foam material 252 is inserted under compression into the compartment immediately above the passageway entrance. Ink 710, 712 is injected into the foam block through two hollow needles 702, 704 extending downwardly through the block from the top of the housing and terminating at points disposed respectively towards opposite edges 174a, 174b of the passageway entrance. The volume of ink injected by the needles is sufficient to fill the passageway and cover the passageway entrance but insufficient to form a horizontal air seal around the internal periphery of the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Jon Rittgers, Fionnula Farrell, Edward Savage
  • Publication number: 20100133222
    Abstract: A method of filling a baby bottle is provided which comprises providing a baby bottle containing a hermetically sealed bottle liner, which contains a measured amount of powdered infant formula. The bottle liner comprises a lip retainer for preventing the bottle liner from falling into the bottle. The hermetic seal on the bottle liner may be opened. The method includes disposing filtered, heated water into the liner to mix with the powdered infant formula. A cap and nipple assembly is applied to the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: IDEAZ, LLC
    Inventor: David Mathieu
  • Publication number: 20100114058
    Abstract: A multidose vial assembly which comprises a multidose vial (10), a withdrawal spike (30), and an adapter (60) that couples the multidose vial and the withdrawal spike together in a safe and secure manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Dietmar Weitzel, Astrid Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20100108059
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for oral administration of a liquid containing an active substance to a subject for improved absorption into the subject's bloodstream includes the steps of providing a delivery device containing the liquid and having a mouthpiece for directing the liquid in a defined direction during delivery; directing the mouthpiece toward a localized area of the subject's mouth being especially suitable for increased uptake and faster onset of action of the active substance relative to other areas of and/or the whole mouth; and delivering a measured amount of the liquid directly to the localized area using the delivery device, and a spray device for administering an active substance to the oral cavity of a subject that includes a container capable of holding a liquid containing an active substance, and a mouthpiece being constructed to dispense the liquid containing the substance in a defined direction and directly to a localized area of a subject's mouth, the localized area being the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Anders Axelsson, Karl Olov Fagerström
  • Patent number: 7703486
    Abstract: An apparatus for the handling of hazardous fluids includes a collection vessel, a collection vessel connector, a dose control connector, a unit dose container, a delivery control connector, and a delivery site access device. The collection vessel contains the fluid prior to dispensing, the unit dose container contains a predetermined amount of the fluid for dispensing, the delivery site access device provides access to an intended delivery site, and the connector attaches pieces of the apparatus to one another. The method of the invention allows needle-free connections to be made for the apparatus, using a predetermined arrangement of the pieces of the apparatus, and in one embodiment, employs deformable elastomeric valves capable of creating a decreased pressure at a valve surface, so that upon closure of said valves, a fluid on the surface on the valves is withdrawn within the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cardinal Health 414, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Costanzo
  • Patent number: 7703484
    Abstract: A device includes a nozzle (14) for delivering a fluid flow into a container (12), a valve (16) having a movable valve member (27) for controlling the fluid flow, a member (54) for sending a position control signal to the movable valve member (27), such that the movable valve member (28) is expected to follow an expected displacement vs. time curve which adjusts the quantity of fluid delivered into the container (12) to the predetermined quantity. The device further includes a sensing element (56) for sensing a point of the actual displacement vs. time curve followed by the movable valve member (27) in response to the position control signal, and a comparing element (58) for comparing the sensed point to the corresponding point of the expected displacement vs. time curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sidel Participations
    Inventors: Sandro Montavoci, Franco Mutti
  • Publication number: 20100089488
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) for fluids, in particular liquids, such as beer or water, comprising an outer casing (2), preferably spheroid and preferably made of a rigid material, a gas and/or liquid tight inner casing (4) of a flexible material located inside the outer casing (2), a valve part (5) for filling the container (1) with a fluid, and at least one vent (13) via which the inside of the outer casing (2) communicates with the outside at least during filling. One or more spacers are (16; 18) located between the inner casing (4) and the outer casing (2), providing one or more venting paths at least during filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: EUROKEG B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Veenendaal, Jan Dirk Veenendaal, Hubert Joseph Frans Hanssen
  • Publication number: 20100089494
    Abstract: A container coupler is disclosed that can be adapted to mechanically engage two containers. The container coupler can include a member that has an arcuate inner surface to engage a neck of the first container and the neck of a second container. The coupler can have a latch and a keeper wherein the keeper is configured to engage the latch and fastening the latch can reduce the inner diameter of the container coupler and tighten the coupler around the neck of each container. In some embodiments the coupler is manufactured in a “C” shape with a gap and in other embodiments the coupler can be two “C” shaped pieces that are hinged together such that a gap between the “C” shaped pieces can be reduced as the coupler is tightened on the necks of the bottles. Inserts can be placed in the coupler to accommodate bottles with different sized necks or mouths. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Pam Brady
  • Publication number: 20100089487
    Abstract: Multiple reservoir implantable valve accumulator pump for the delivery of medication, and method of infusate delivery. The apparatus includes at least first and second infusate reservoirs in a common pressure chamber, each in fluid communication with a metering assembly. The metering assembly includes an accumulator that is preferably a fixed volume accumulator having an inlet and an outlet. A first valve is in fluid communication with the first infusate reservoir and an inlet of the accumulator, and a second valve is in fluid communication with the second infusate reservoir and an inlet of the accumulator. An outlet valve is in fluid communication with the outlet of the accumulator. The accumulator can be filled with infusate from the first and second infusate reservoirs sequentially, can be filled from the first infusate reservoir multiple times consecutively, the second infusate reservoir multiple times consecutively, or any combination or permutation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Paul F. Burke, Joshua L. Buckman, Patrick J. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20100089945
    Abstract: An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal member that seals an inlet port of the pump and an outer support member that secures the inlet valve to the rest of the pump mechanism. Two or more legs generally extend in a circumferential direction between the support member and the seal member in order to create a large flow opening for fluid flow through the inlet valve when opened and to rapidly close the inlet valve. The pump mechanism further includes an outlet valve that is configured to draw fluid back from a nozzle of the pump after dispensing in order to minimize build up around the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Rieke Corporation
    Inventors: Brian R. Law, Jeffrey William Spencer, Robert D. Rohr, David J. Pritchett
  • Publication number: 20100089489
    Abstract: Several methods and a system for a method and system of safeguarding a filling process of a breathable air apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of safety of a building structure includes safeguarding a filling process of a breathable air apparatus by enclosing the breathable air apparatus in a secure chamber of a fill site of the emergency support system of the building structure to provide a safe placement to supply the breathable air to the breathable air apparatus. The method may include ensuring that a prescribed pressure of the emergency support system maintains within a threshold range of the prescribed pressure by including a valve of the emergency support system to prevent leakage of breathable air from the emergency support system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Anthony J. Turiello
  • Publication number: 20100089486
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to monitor a tanker truck. The system includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors configured to detect an event. The system also includes a monitoring unit electrically coupled with the plurality of sensors to detect the event. The monitoring unit includes a processing unit, a time module, and a memory, and is operable to time stamp data about the sensed event with information from the time module and store the detected and time stamped event in the memory. The system further includes a handheld data terminal configured to communicate with the monitoring unit. The handheld data terminal is operable to retrieve and display the stored event, and includes a processing unit, a memory, a user interface, a time module, and a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Dixon Valve and Coupling Company
    Inventors: Robert C. Koeninger, Charles A. Braun
  • Publication number: 20100087776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for filling a syringe with a small amount of a more precisely mixed medical gas mixture, the system comprising two or more sources for gas, a device for mixing the gases, a means for connecting the gas sources to the device for mixing the gases, a filter system and a syringe. The present invention further provides for a process for filling a syringe with a small quantity of a thoroughly mixed medical gas mixture comprising at least a first gas and a second gas. The process comprises the steps of providing at least a first gas and a second gas, injecting the gases into a device for mixing to form a thoroughly mixed medical gas mixture, filtering the medical gas mixture, and filling a syringe with the required amount of medical gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Air Liquide Healthcare America Corporation
    Inventor: Tim J. Warren