Multiple compartment cassette

- Pall Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the multiple compartment cassette of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is one end view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is the other end view of the multiple compartment cassette shown in FIG. 1.

The multiple compartment cassette may be used in a variety of environments, particularly in the medical arts. For example, the multiple compartment device may include at least one porous medium such as a filter, and may be used in processing fluids such as parenteral fluids, more prefrably fluids to be adminisered intravenously.

The multiple compartment cassette comprises a housing, preferably a transparent or semi-transparent housing, and includes at least two compartments.

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Patent History
Patent number: D371439
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 15, 1994
Date of Patent: Jul 2, 1996
Assignee: Pall Corporation (East Hills, NY)
Inventors: Thomas J. Bormann (Melville, NY), Samuel T. Wortham (Huntington, NY), Vlado I. Matkovich (Glen Cove, NY)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Frank Martinez
Law Firm: Leydig, Voit & Mayer
Application Number: 0/31,224