Apparatus for altering characteristics of a fluid

US6080132A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Abbott Laboratories · US

Inventors

• Rhonda L. Cole · Powell, US
• Ronita K. Geckle · Columbus, US
• John J. Kropczynski, Jr. · Dublin, US
• Terrence B. Mazer · Reynoldsburg, US
• Joseph E. Walton · Westerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/0482
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for altering characteristics of a fluid. The apparatus includes a first perimeter wall defining an internal chamber therein. The first perimeter wall defines a first opening and a second opening therethrough. The first opening is constructed to be fluidly connected to a fluid source. The internal chamber defined in said first perimeter wall is constructed to contain a beneficial agent therein. A beneficial agent is disposed in the internal chamber defined in the first perimeter wall, the beneficial agent being dispersible in a fluid flowing from the first opening to the second opening through the internal chamber defined in the first perimeter wall.