Patent SG-11201901156P-A (SG)
Title: Valve protection and tube management device
Inventor: GERINGER JOSEPH
IPC: B65D59/06
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111101111 0 11101 01011111 3E1 0 011101 1111011 010 MI 11110 ill OEN Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2018/075142 Al 26 April 2018 (26.04.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: ration, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 BOlD 46/00 (2006.01) B65D 59/06 (2006.01) (US). SZYK, Martin; c/o EMD Millipore Corporation, BOlD 35/00 (2006.01) 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). DAUDENARDE, Sophie; c/o EMD Millipore Corpora- (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/049075 tion, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). ALMASIAN, Joseph; c/o EMD Millipore Corpo- (22) International Filing Date: ration, 290 Concord Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821 29 August 2017 (29.08.2017) (US). (25) Filing Language: English (74) Agent: LEMACK, Kevin S. et al.; Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC, 176 E. Main Street, Suite 5, Westboro, Mass- (26) Publication Language: English achusetts 01581 (US). (30) Priority Data: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 62/410,580 20 October 2016 (20.10.2016) US kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (71) Applicant: EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, [US/US]; 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, 01803 (US). DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, (72) Inventors: GERINGER, Joseph; c/o EMD Millipore Cor-KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, poration, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts MG, MK, MN, WV, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, — 01803 (US). CASTRO, Robert; c/o EMD Millipore Corpo-OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, = (54) Title: VALVE PROTECTION AND TUBE MANAGEMENT DEVICE = 30' = 10 12 = = i 20 30 = e = _ _ = = = = = I 1 \ = , _ ,-, ei FIG. 1 ii- ,-1 Ln (57) : Port protection device particularly suited for an encapsulated filter unit. In certain embodiments, the protection device © IN comprises a main body defining an internal region configured to receive a port or the like protruding from an encapsulated filter. In ---- certain embodiments, the main body includes a slot that allows for easy removal of the protection device from the port or the like. A GO ,_ 1 tube management system may be provided to receive and hold tubing. One suitable tube management system includes two spaced tangs C::::) that extend from the main body of the protection device and are configured to cooperatively receive and hold tubing between them. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/075142 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREIDIONOMMOIDIEDIRVOIS SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))