Patent ID: 8348887
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for facilitating hydration of a material by a fluid comprising a tubular container having an open upper end and a fluid port at an opposite end, said container configured to allow placement of said material into said container through said open upper end and injection of said fluid into said container through said fluid port, an ejection plug in said container configured to support said material on an upper surface thereof when said material is placed in said container through said open upper end, to move in said container from said fluid port to said open upper end, and to allow said fluid injected through said fluid port to flow past said ejection plug, and a plunger configured to be inserted through said fluid port to engage a bottom surface of said ejection plug and move said ejection plug and said material along said container to said upper open end to eject said material from said container.