With Specified Material For Container Or Content Patents (Class 206/524.1)
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Patent number: 7064167Abstract: A pressurized paint product that includes an aerosol paint composition disposed in a container. The aerosol paint composition includes volatile organic solvents, an acrylic modified alkyd resin,an acrylic modified chlorinated polyolefin resin, propellant, and a colorant.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2003Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams CompanyInventor: Patricia L. Redding
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Patent number: 7004317Abstract: A sports equipment bag includes a flexible elongated body defining an equipment storage region. The body includes at least one recloseable opening and an outwardly facing reflective barrier layer having a reflectivity of at least 80 percent. At least a portion of the barrier layer is viewable from outside of the bag.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: William D. Severa, Ronald R. Rocchi
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Patent number: 7005110Abstract: The present invention provides a more efficient and faster way to prepare tissue samples for sectioning. More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, a tissue sample is embedded in a porous embedding media in a desired orientation, processed, and sectioned all while being held in the porous embedding media. The post-tissue processing step of manual embedding in paraffin is eliminated from the process.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Scott Taft, Kurt Reinhardt, Miroslav Holubec, David Bryant
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Patent number: 7005035Abstract: A packaging device and method for absorbing and reducing moisture as well as a manufacturing process for such device. The packaging device is a container made from paperboard such as containerboards or linerboards with a corrugated medium. The paperboard is insulated with moisture absorbing additives comprising charcoal, activated charcoal, activated carbon, or substances mostly comprised of carbon. Perforations may be added in the boards to further permit moisture to reach the corrugated medium, permitting further absorption by the additives embedded within the corrugated medium in between the boards. This packaging device and method is favorable for storing or transporting objects which are sensitive to or would benefit from low moisture/humidity conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Inventors: Kevin J. O'Neill, Albert J. Salese
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Patent number: 6923936Abstract: A sterile device immersed in a sterile buffer and a method for providing same. The sterile device may be a medical device such as a biosensor having a biomolecule as a sensing element such as, for example, a glucose oxidase enzyme. The buffer may be a bicarbonate solution. Both the device and the buffer may be packaged and stored over long term while maintaining sterilization. The sterilization method may comprise a combination of gaseous, liquid and light sterilization.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Aaron J. Swanson, Jennifer M. Reynolds, Rajiv Shah
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Patent number: 6896838Abstract: A container made without employing a mold release agent, comprised of halogenated polymeric material provides an extended shelf-life for 1,1-disubstituted ethylene adhesive monomer compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Closure Medical CorporationInventor: Keith R. D'Alessio
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Patent number: 6843371Abstract: A composite double component packaging material, particularly suited for food products, includes a first component, having a base sheet of paper material, upon which a second component formed from a tubular sleeve of a thin film of plastic material is adhered. This packaging material is of a type approved for use with food products. The sleeve member can be longitudinally cut at any suitable position to provide one or two free foldable flaps.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Big Paper America, Inc.Inventor: Luigi Rivoltella
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Publication number: 20040262188Abstract: A system and method for preparing a plastic bag especially useful for carrying electronic products by extruding spaced apart ribs onto the interior surfaces so that the bag volume is greater, so that a greater amount of VCI or anti-static material can be carried in the bag volume and providing greater surface area for outgassing of the VCI into the bag interior. The ribs also facilitate insertion of items into the bag and prevent clinging of the bag interior surface to flat portions of the product carried therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventor: Richard A. Honstrater
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Patent number: 6831049Abstract: A cleaning compound and applicator pad for cleansing the covers of headlights and taillights on automobiles. This cleansing compound is substantially non-abrasive and is a composition of kerosene, coco fatty acid diethanol amide, aluminum oxide, ammonia solution, water, white silice and hydrated calcium. The compound is contained upon an applicator pad. The compound and pad are used to remove the opaque yellowish film which result on the surface covering of headlights and taillights which appears after years of accumulating particles of smog, dirt and weathering.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Inventor: Juan Pablo Torres Moreno
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Publication number: 20040234802Abstract: An uncoated paperboard for packages composed of one or more layers with a top layer of bleached kraft pulp having a gloss value of 15-50% measured according to Tappi T480, a minimal gloss variation (a coefficient of variation in the wavelength regions 3-30 mm of less than 5%), and a surface roughness (PPS-10) of 2-5 mm measured according to ISO 8791-4, wherein the paperboard has a density in the range of 700 to 850 kg/m3 and is hydrophobic from a sizing agent treatment of each layer, is described. A package comprising the paperboard is suitable for co-sterilization of the package and its contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Mats Hubinette, Reim Aksberg, Sven Hakansson
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Publication number: 20040232032Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for dispensing a unit dose water-soluble pouch containing a laundry additive during the spin cycle of a washing machine process having a spinning wash drum. The device is attached to the vertical center post of a washing machine and holds a water-soluble pouch above the high water level. During the spin cycle, the spinning center post will create sufficient centrifugal force so that the water-soluble pouch is released from the device. The water-soluble pouch will then fall into the laundry where the water-soluble pouch will dissolve when rinse water fills the machine thereby releasing the laundry additive to treat the washed articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Fox, Edward John Giblin, Ronald Frederick Vogel, Gary Hsu, Mohammad Hosseini-Nejad
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Patent number: 6821587Abstract: A continuous chain of connected absorbent pouches comprises a first panel, a second panel, and a super-absorbent material. Each of the absorbent pouches is adapted to absorb liquids. The first panel and the second panel are attached to each other along their respective general peripheries so as to form a space therebetween. The space comprises super-absorbent material. At least one of the first and second panels has at least one hole formed therein. The hole is of sufficient size to be permeable to liquid. Each of the pouches is adapted to absorb at least about 20 times its own weight of a 0.9 wt. % saline solution in an unloaded condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Inventors: Alan H. Forbes, William F. Patchen, Wen Pao Wu
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Publication number: 20040206658Abstract: A device and method allowing evaluation of the contents of a sealed primary container by means of an integral sensor which is separated from the contents of the sealed primary container yet provides information on quality of the contents of the primary container without breaking the sealed system. The integral sensor device includes a biosensor retained within a plastic construct by a gated-pore membrane. Pores in the membrane open in response to an environmental change in the primary container allowing the contents of the primary container to contact the biosensor. Status of the contents of the primary container can be determined by inspection of the biosensor, visually or via a fiberoptic probe, through the optical window of the plastic construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Roy H. Hammerstedt, Allen T. Phillips
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Publication number: 20040198893Abstract: A container for an alkaline solution comprising a polysulfone resin and an acrylate core-shell rubber impact modifier and optionally a polycarbonate. The container can be fabricated by injection molding or thermoforming from an extruded sheet. The container is well suited as a case for aqueous KOH electrolyte batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Roger W. Nelson, Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri
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Publication number: 20040195141Abstract: The invention relates to a container such as a bottle, flask, tank or similar for housing a product to be protected from light, said container being made from a thermoplastic material and produced by blowing or by draw-blowing of a preform, characterised in that said container has a layer of thermoplastic material loaded in a homogeneous manner with mica flakes at a level of 2 to 4% by weight with the addition of titanium oxide powder at a level of 2 to 4% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: Eric Adriansens, Alain Vasseneix, Francois Leterc, Sophie Daulmerie
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Patent number: 6797973Abstract: An apparatus that acts as a shield for radiopharmaceuticals and protects individuals from radioactivity includes a first body with a first hollow core, a second body with a second hollow core and a third body with a third hollow core. The first hollow core, second hollow core and third hollow core collectively house an insert. The insert houses a hypodermic syringe. A first connection means releasably communicates the first body with the second body. A second connection means releasably communicates the first body with the third body. The second body comprises a piston actuator. The piston actuator can be operated to depress the piston of the hypodermic syringe while the first body is in communication with the second body, and while the third body is removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Inventor: Albert L. Zens
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Patent number: 6790817Abstract: The invention is a solid chemical concentrate system of at least two cooperative shapes. The first shape is an inwardly curved bar having an inner opening. The second shape is an insert which is capable of interlocking with the bar by insertion into the bar inner opening. The solid chemical concentrate provides chemical systems having active constituents which may be the same, different but compatible or functionally and chemically incompatible combined within one matrix to provide at least one substantially continuous surface. The system may also comprise an aqueous soluble or dispersible polymeric film cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Ecolab Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth J. Gladfelter, Tina O. Outlaw, James L. Copeland, Rhonda K. Schulz, Daniel K. Boche, Jeff W. Peterson
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Patent number: 6783006Abstract: The present invention relates to sealed containers for storing chemicals, the wall of said containers comprising at least two superimposed single layer homogeneous and water-soluble polymer films that stick together by weak adhesion and are separable without tearing the films. The present invention also relates to the fabrication of such sealed containers and to their use for the preparation of aqueous application formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1996Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Syngenta Investment Corp.Inventor: Christoph Sontag
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Patent number: 6780854Abstract: Novel, orally active androgens are 7&agr;-substituted &Dgr;14-nandrolone derivatives. The compounds satisfy the general formula: wherein R1 is O, (H,H), (H,OR), NOR, with R being hydrogen, (C1-6) alkyl, or (C,1-6) acyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of (C2-4) alkyl, (C2-4) alkenyl, or (C2-4) alkynyl, each optionally substituted by halogen; or R2 is cyclopropyl, or cyclopropenyl, each optionally substituted by (C1-2) alkyl, or halogen; R3 is hydrogen, (C1-2) alkyl, or ethenyl; R4 is (C1-2) alkyl; R5 is hydrogen, or (C1-15) acyl; and the dotted lines indicate optional bonds.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Akzo Nobel NVInventors: Hubert Jan Jozef Loozen, Dirk Leysen, Jaap van der Louw
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Patent number: 6779656Abstract: The invention relates to polymerizable preparations which contain: (a) 3 to 80 wt. % of an epoxy or of a mixture of epoxies of general formula (I), whereby n and m, independent of one another, represent 0, 1, 2 or 3, and n+m ranges from 2 to 6, and whereby the molar mass of the epoxy or the average molar mass of the mixture of epoxies ranges from 250 to 1000 g/mol; (b) 0 to 80 wt. % of an epoxy or of a mixture of epoxies that differ from (a); (c) 3 to 85 wt. % of fillers; (d) 0.001 to 25 wt. % of initiators, retarders and/or accelerators, and; (e) 0 to 25 wt. % of auxiliary agents, whereby the specified percentages refer to the total weight of the preparation.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: 3M Espe AGInventors: Thomas Klettke, Wolfgang Weinmann
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Patent number: 6776287Abstract: Water-soluble films suitable for water-dissolvable packaging comprising a polyurethane polymer having defined amounts of poly(ethylene oxide) (and optionally poly(propylene oxide)) groups and acid (preferably carboxyl) groups at least 50% neutralised with a base, at least a proportion of which is of the non-volatile type, the polyurethane being made by chain extension of a urethane prepolymer. Also water-soluble packaging (sachets, capsules, bags) made from the films and their use in packaging various materials, and a process for the production of aqueous polyurethane solutions which may be used for making such films.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Aquasol LimitedInventors: David Charles Hinde, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, John Christopher Padget, Phillip Cheshire, Terence Yeates, Yvonne Wilhelmina Smak
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Patent number: 6777052Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic container containing albumin solution and a packaged plastic container containing an albumin solution. The plastic container containing an albumin solution having an albumin concentration of 1 to 500 mg/ml, has at least one inlet/outlet for a liquid, and has a water vapor permeability of 1.5 g/m2/day·1013.25 hPa or less when the vapor permeability is measured at a pressure of 1013.25 hPa per surface area of 1 m2 for 24 hours at a temperature of 25° C. and at a relative humidity of 60%. The plastic container containing an albumin solution can be packaged with an outer packaging material to provide the packaged plastic container.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Nipro CorporationInventors: Toshiya Kai, Hideaki Murata, Makoto Sato
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Patent number: 6773062Abstract: A slipcover bag combination includes a clear plastic bag, a folded slipcover made of a fabric having a color, pattern and texture, in a compact storage configuration in the bag and a fabric carry handle made of the same fabric as the slipcover and to an outer surface of the bag, the carry handle fabric having the same color, pattern and texture as the fabric of the slipcover.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Classic Slipcovers, Inc.Inventor: David Illulian
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Publication number: 20040134824Abstract: A canister suitable for use in metered dose inhalers and fitted with a metering valve characterised in that its walls are formed of a laminate comprising a first layer which is composed of a metal and a second layer which is composed of a strengthening material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Sandra Chan, Peter Colin Weston Burt
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Publication number: 20040124113Abstract: Container or bags for sealing food or other objects are made from a composite material. The material has an outer oxygen-impermeable layer and an inner heat-sealable layer. The two layers are joined by an intermediate adhesive layer that is stiffer than either the inner or outer layer. Other embodiments may be made of a single layer of heat-sealable material that resists the flow or air or oxygen inside the container. Channels on the sides of the container or bag form an interconnecting network and allow a flow of air and oxygen for evacuation of the bag. The material may be laminated in a continuous fashion as a tube wherein bags are made by cutting and sealing the material at desired intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2002Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: The Holmes Group, Inc.Inventor: Chi Kin John Mak
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Patent number: 6756130Abstract: The invention concerns a film comprising ethylene copolymers and an unsaturated epoxide and comprising quinones grafted on said copolymers. The invention also concerns a structure comprising at least an oxygen-barrier film and at least said oxygen-absorber film. The invention further concerns a packaging element comprising said structure wherein, starting from inside and moving outwards, there is first the oxygen-absorber-film followed by the barrier film.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: AtofinaInventor: Patrice Robert
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Publication number: 20040112784Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a packaging comprising the stages consisting in producing a packaging which is open at its upper end and then in sealing the upper part of the packaging along a leaktight sealing line so as to constitute a top band with the upper end of the packaging, characterized in that the method comprises a supplementary stage consisting in folding said top band down towards the bottom of the packaging and in fixing it onto the packaging so as to form a handle. The invention also proposes a packaging produced by such a method, characterized in that it has a folded-down top band forming a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2004Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Michel Colas, Jean-Francois Marquet
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Patent number: 6751409Abstract: The exterior case of an electronic appliance is integrally molded by two-color molding or insert molding with a hard resin and a soft resin. A front case part and a back case part of the exterior case is formed of the hard resin, and a connecting part between the front case part and the back case part is formed of the soft resin. The front case part and the back case part are assembled into a case-like shape by bending the connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wataru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20040094449Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable container for a medicament or cosmetic agent for topical application, containing a single dose of melatonin or of a melatonin derivative which corresponds to a locally effective dose but which does not cause any systemic effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventor: Hans W. Schmid
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Publication number: 20040084347Abstract: A container with a varying capacity is provided. The container has one or more pleats, allowing transformation of the container into varying physical states.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventor: Gary Albaum
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Publication number: 20040079667Abstract: An enclosure for shipping an article capable of releasing a combination of gas and particulates. The enclosure comprises a material of construction, such as spun bold polyolefin, adapted to allow escape of the gas from the enclosure while retaining the particulates. The enclosure, which is sized to contain the article, has no breaches capable of allowing escape of the particulates, except for an opening at the top end. The opening is adapted to be sealed in a closed configuration, which may comprise one or more pinch lines, that prevents escape of the particulates. In one embodiment the enclosure may be in the form of an envelope having adhesive on a front face and a back face thereof to facilitate securing the top of the envelope after folding along a plurality of pinch lines. The enclosure may be particularly useful in a method for shipping a currency anti-theft device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Joel Bartholf, Dennis Ruth
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Publication number: 20040074804Abstract: An ink cartridge includes: an ink accommodating portion for holding ink; an air passage for making the ink accommodating portion communicate with the atmosphere; and a valve mechanism, provided in the air passage, including an air-releasing valve member for sealing a communication hole provided in a partition wall for separating an ink-accommodating-portion side that is a side close to the ink accommodating portion from an atmosphere side that is a side close to the atmosphere, in a direction from the ink-accommodating-portion side to the atmosphere side, wherein the air-releasing valve member has a contact portion for opening the air passage by receiving an external force from the atmosphere side to the ink-accommodating-portion side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Koichi Toba, Satoshi Shinada, Hisashi Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20040074802Abstract: This substantially rigid product packaging shell which defines a volume (3) for the at least partial housing of the product (7), having an opening that is closed using a flexible cover (6), is characterised in that the shell is produced in at least two parts (1a, 1b), which parts can be easily separated, at least partially, and which can come apart on the non-cover (6) side by pivoting in the area (2) next to the shell opening (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Rocco Piliero, Michel Foucault, Laure Burckbuchler
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Publication number: 20040069672Abstract: The present invention discloses an encasement for completely enclosing an object comprising a material for preventing the passage of particulate matter, a window for viewing the object inside, and an enclosable means for enclosing the object inside the encasement. The present invention also discloses an encasement for completely enclosing an object comprising a see-through material, which enables the viewing of the object inside while preventing the passage of particulate matter, and an enclosable means for enclosing the object inside the encasement. In addition, the present invention discloses an encasement for completely enclosing an object comprising a stretchable material, which conforms to the shape of the object inside while preventing the passage of particulate matter, and an enclosable means for enclosing the object inside the encasement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventor: Emilio Saturno
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Publication number: 20040065578Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Gavin Bone, Robert Walter Fuss, Craig Warren Jones, Steven Paul Rannard, Michael Stephen White
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Publication number: 20040060260Abstract: A packaging system for hydrating sterile devices without comprising the integrity of the sterilization. The packaging system may include an enclosure for enclosing a device requiring hydration, a container containing a hydrate, a base located within the interior of the enclosure and an activating member located within the interior of the enclosure. The container and the device may be located within a receptacle. The receptacle may rest on the base and the activating member may be affixed on top of the receptacle. A force may be exerted on an exterior portion of the enclosure such that the activating member pushes on the receptacle and crushes or ruptures the container. The hydrate located within the container is then released to the device, thereby hydrating the device without breaking the seal of the enclosure. The sterilized environment is therefore maintained and the device is hydrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Rebecca Gottlieb, Aaron Swanson, Bahar Reghabi, Kevin Branch
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Publication number: 20040050744Abstract: A plastic container for liquid medicine, which, concerning the effective components of liquid medicine, is capable of prevention of deterioration in quality due to mixing of oxygen and water vapor, prevention of variation in concentration due to water volatilization and moisture absorption, etc. A plastic container for liquid medicine, which is a plastic container internally coated with DLC (diamond-like carbon) film wherein water vapor permeability is 0-0.006 g/container/day and oxygen permeability is 0-0.011 ml/container/day, such properties being obtained by optimizing the three conditions, composition, density and film thickness of the DLC film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Kenichi Hama, Tsuyoshi Kage
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Patent number: 6706345Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic container which has a good biodegradability and a moisture permeability manufactured by using a novel polyester resin composition under a specific injection and extrusion molding conditions in the forms of a bottle, a blister pack, a medicated paper pouch and the like, which thus enables to preserve the contents of the container such as pharmaceutical drugs, food and beverages dry without the addition of desiccants and can be disposed of without causing environmental contamination.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Boo Yoon Tech Inc.Inventor: Yeo Saeng Yoon
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Publication number: 20040045861Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaged product comprising flexible liquid-filled pouches and an outer container for containing the liquid-filled pouches; wherein the outer container contains a plurality of flexible liquid-filled pouches whereby at least two or more of the flexible liquid-filled pouches are in mutual contact, and in that the outer container further comprises means for avoiding or minimizing rupture of the flexible liquid-filled pouches when the outer container is subject to shock.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sonya Ann Curry, Laurent Eric Dujardin, Michael Felix Spruyt
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Publication number: 20040035739Abstract: A process for producing an inflated, water-soluble container which comprises: a) forming an open container from a water-soluble film; b) at least partially filling the container with a composition which comprises a component which releases a gas; c) sealing the container; and d) allowing the container to inflate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Geoffrey Robert Hammond, Marcus Guzmann, Paul John Duffield, Ralf Wiedemann
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Patent number: 6688468Abstract: Pharmaceutical kits are provided that reduce or prevent oxidative degradation of oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutically active ingredients in solid unit dosage forms that are supplied in oxygen permeable containers. Stabilization of the active ingredient is accomplished by incorporating an oxygen absorber into a sealed oxygen permeable container.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Kenneth C. Waterman
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Publication number: 20040011692Abstract: A method of packaging and distributing mouth wash comprising preparing a batch of liquid mouth wash, dehydrating the batch of liquid mouth wash to reduce it to a dehydrated form and packaging a quantity of the dehydrated mouth wash in a container suitable for distribution to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventor: Octavius G. Reeves
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Publication number: 20030213505Abstract: An automatic dishwashing appliance containing a cell and/or device comprising same for electrolyzing tap water and/or wash and/or rinse liquor for treating tableware to improve cleaning, sanitizing and stain removal. The present invention also relates to methods of use and articles of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Kenneth Nathan Price, William Michael Scheper, I-Chun Jennifer Chiao, Julia Elizabeth Ballas, Michael Stanford Showell, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Kevin Lindsey Waugh
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Patent number: 6632783Abstract: A package with a label, wherein the material of which the label, label adhesive and/or top coating is made comprises UV absorbers to protect the product's colorant dye and other organic compounds. The package may contain translucent or transparent consumer product, such as an aqueous heavy duty liquid having colorant dye. The package may itself be transparent or translucent.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Edward John Giblin, Myongsuk Bae-Lee, Barbara Helen Bory, Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu, Daniel Joseph Kuzmenka, Dennis Stephen Murphy, Kristina Marie Neuser
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Publication number: 20030188988Abstract: A child-resistant structure containing a package for containing at least one unit of a dangerous, solid or liquid consumer product containing a detergent composition, the package being made out of a mono-axially oriented film which is folded and closed by at least one longitudinal seal and two distal seals; wherein the package being characterized in that the film orientation is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal seal; wherein the longitudinal seal is flat-folded onto the package surface is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventor: Robert Corneel Julia Maria De Caluwe
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Patent number: 6576918Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for transporting a syringe containing radioactive material that provides many advantages, including the safe enclosure of the syringe both before and after use, which reduces the possibility of contamination of the radiopharmaceutical pig. The present invention also provides a radiopharmaceutical pig that eliminates the need for a protective plastic outer shell and has a convenient grip. Finally, the present invention allows the user to readily determine if a syringe within a closed sharps container is full or spent without handling the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Syncor International Corp.Inventors: Monty Mong Chen Fu, Bing Bing Zhu
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Publication number: 20030070958Abstract: An ice melting package comprising a sleeve composed of a semi-permeable material, such as nylon, and in which an ice melting substance, such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride, is encapsulated. The package is elongated and tubular in shape and is flexible in order to permit its positioning around odd shaped obstacles and in gutters. The semi-permeable nature of the sleeve permits the ice melting substance to contact and melt the ice on which it is positioned in a concentrated manner, while preventing the substance from becoming scattered on the icy surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventor: Robert A. Jones
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Publication number: 20030066778Abstract: A multilayer laminate suitable for use as a packaging film, more particularly for use as a chemical barrier packaging film, and suitable for packaging products such as motor oils and solvent impregnated cloths. The package is useful in applications which allow users to avoid the need to use spray bottles to dispense solvents, thus protecting users from inhaling hazardous chemicals from the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Frank J. Colombo
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Publication number: 20030019780Abstract: A bag for storing products such as powdered or granular detergent, pet food, coffee, cereal etc., has a line of weakness for easy opening. The bag also has a means for re-closing after initial opening by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Gustavo Jose Camargo Parodi, Gonzalo Diaz Infante Garcia, Monica Maria Di Cocco Tucci, Miguel Alberto Herrera Nalsen, Ichiro Eduardo Perez Kuroki
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Publication number: 20030010666Abstract: A security sack comprising at least one kraft paper ply and at least one light-proof paper ply impregnated with carbon and used either on its own or as part of a lamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: Ian A. Samuel, Peter J.W. Symons