Mixing device and clamps useful therein
US5817083A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/71
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A mixing device for mixing first and second materials, including a container (2) for receiving the first material and having an inlet port (10) and an outlet port (12), a flexible tube (14) having one end connected to the inlet port (10), a cap (16) secured to the opposite end of the flexible tube (14) for attachment to a second container (4) receiving the second material, and a clamp carried by the flexible tube (14) and normally pinching the flexible tube closed, but being manually openable to permit, when the cap (16) has been attached to the second container (4), the addition of the second material in the first container to the first material in the second container and mixing of the two materials together in the first container (2).
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