Patent ID: 6231559
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
A method for preparing a material in a flexible plastic container for administration to a patient, the flexible plastic container having a first, a second and a third compartment, said first compartment formed in an upper portion of said flexible plastic container and filled with a carbohydrate solution, said second compartment formed adjacent said first compartment in said upper portion of said flexible plastic container and filled with a lipid solution, and a third compartment formed in a lower portion of said flexible plastic container and filled with an amino acid solution, said method comprising:opening a first connecting means positioned between said second compartment and said third compartment, said opening resulting in the lipid solution in said second compartment mixing with the amino acid solution in said third compartment;opening a second connecting means positioned between said first compartment and said third compartment, said opening resulting in the carbohydrate solution in said first compartment mixing with the amino acid solution and the lipid solution in said third compartment; andopening a valve located in said third compartment, the opening permitting the contents of the third compartment to exit the third compartment.