Connector, container with such a connector and fluid preparation device with a mating connector for such a container

US7223262B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Winfried Brehm · Hofheim, DE
• Thierry Dupin · Château-Thierry, FR
• Ilona Eggert · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Thomas Faulhaber · Seattle, US
• Thomas Graf · Bern, CH
• Philippe Laffay · Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2003
• Grant date: May 29, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/9029
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of connectors for connecting a container with a fluid preparation device for preparing a fluid, in particular a container with a concentrate for the preparation of dialysis fluid. In order to simplify the handling during both the manufacturing process of such containers and the connection of such containers to the fluid preparation devices, the invention proposes a design of a connector (1) for connecting a first and second fluid line of the container with a third and fourth fluid line of the fluid preparation device with two lateraly spaced-apart mounting means (2, 4) which each incorporate one of two orifices (3, 5) terminating the first and second fluid lines. The invention also concerns a corresponding container and fluid preparation device.