Storage and supply system for clinical solutions used in an automatic analyzer

US8153061B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jay Mark Walters · New London, US
• Jeannine Marie Carrio · Newark, US
• David Thompson · Kennett Square, US
• Mark Lloyd · Townsend, US
• Jeffrey Kenneth Parmer · Newark, US
• Richard Warwick · Newark, US
• Thomas P. Shields · Wayne, US
• Lawrence D. Huppman · Middletown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/11
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fluid handling system adapted to provide storage and supply of a number of liquid solutions to an automatic clinical analyzer having three different bottle-like containers, a collapsible plastic-metal-plastic pouch having a mouth-like opening, a fitment to be sealed within mouth-like opening a septum within the fitment, and open meal band or cap to seal the septum into the fitment.