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Fluid injection system coupling and injector valve

US4869286A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 1988
Grant dateSep 26, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87917
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cassette containing a group of sealed cells is used as a means for delivering doses of fluid to be injected into a sterilizing chamber. After the cassette is automatically positioned over a piercing mechanism, the cassette is moved downwardly so that a cell is pierced. Fluid is then forced out of the cell by pneumatic pressure into an injector valve, which opens in a manner which does not adversely affect a vacuum within the chamber.

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