Patent ID: 6391014
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A61B,A61J,A61M,B65D

Abstract:
A method for containing, administering, infusing, injecting, or withdrawing a material before or after a clinical use, said method comprising the steps of:prior to clinical use, providing a vessel which is sealed by an elastically deformable diaphragm which provides a clinically acceptable shelf-life for said vessel; at the time of clinical use, employing a converter which is operable for making a puncture hole in said elastically deformable diaphragm to convert the diaphragm into a more readily penetrable diaphragm; and inserting a fluid conduit into said elastically deformable diaphragm, said fluid conduit being insertable into said diaphragm only after said puncture hole is made by said converter.