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Transfer device for use in mixing a primary solution and a secondary or additive substance

US4296786A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1979
Grant dateOct 27, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 28, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61J1/2072
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transfer device for use in mixing substances in different containers normally closed by a stopper of resilient material having a puncturable diaphragm consisting of a central body portion and a pair of aligned spikes or cannulas projecting from opposite sides of said central body portion. Each of the cannulas terminates in a tip portion remote from the central body portion and there are at least one pair of transfer passages extending through the cannulas, the opening at one tip portion of one of the transfer passages is of smaller cross section than the opening of said transfer passage at the tip of the other cannula. The other transfer passage is the reverse of the first transfer passage; that is, the cross sectional relationships of the openings at the tips are the opposite of the first transfer passage. Thus in use the cannulas are inserted through the stopper in a pair of containers to transfer contents, usually fluid, from one container to the other, and the specific arrangement of the transfer passages facilitates smooth flow through the transfer device, one being a fluid passage, the other an air venting passage. The invention also includes the combination of a transfer d…

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