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Timestamp: 2017-10-23 19:11:09
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Patent US8397950 - Device with co-extruded body and flexible inner bladder and related ... - Google Patents
A device comprises a first portion including a first polymer, and a second portion that is relatively flexible in comparison to the first portion and includes a second polymer that is substantially not bondable to the first polymer. A chamber of the device is hermetically sealable with respect to ambient...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8397950?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8397950 - Device with co-extruded body and flexible inner bladder and related apparatus and method
Publication number US8397950 B2
Also published as CN102209630A, CN102209630B, CN104477512A, CN104477512B, EP2337683A1, EP2337683A4, EP2337683B1, US9211983, US9663274, US20100089946, US20140084023, US20160075488, WO2010042902A1
Publication number 12577126, 577126, US 8397950 B2, US 8397950B2, US-B2-8397950, US8397950 B2, US8397950B2
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US 8397950 B2
4. A device as defined in claim 1, wherein the first polymer includes first and second monomers, the second polymer includes and third and fourth monomers that are different than the first and second monomers and substantially not bondable thereto, and the third polymer includes and fifth and sixth monomers, wherein the fifth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to at least one of the first and second monomers for bonding the third polymer to the first polymer, and the sixth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to at least one of the third and fourth monomers for bonding the third polymer to the second polymer.
5. A device as defined in claim 4, wherein the fifth monomer is the same as at least one of the first and second monomers, and the sixth monomer is the same as at least one of the third and fourth monomers.
8. A device as defined in claim 7, wherein the third portion forms at least part of a neck of the device.
9. A device as defined in claim 8, wherein the one-way valve is mounted on the neck of the device.
12. A device as defined in claim 11, wherein the flexible valve member defines a normally closed valve opening.
13. A device as defined in claim 12, wherein the one-way valve further includes a relatively rigid valve seat that engages the flexible valve member in the normally closed position and defines the normally closed valve opening therebetween.
17. A device as defined in claim 14, wherein the one-way valve includes a valve body defining at least one flow aperture, and the valve member is mounted on the valve body and fixedly secured against axial movement relative thereto.
18. A device as defined in claim 6, wherein at least one of the outer body and inner bladder defines a hermetically sealed, variable-volume storage chamber including stored therein multiple portions of fluid in an aseptic condition.
19. A device as defined in claim 7, wherein the first portion defines a relatively rigid outer body and the second portion defines a relatively flexible inner bladder, and further including at least one of a fluid-flow aperture and a second one-way valve coupled in fluid communication between the relatively rigid outer body and the relatively flexible inner bladder that allows fluid to flow from the ambient atmosphere into the space between the outer body and inner bladder.
20. A device as defined in claim 15, wherein the pump includes a compression chamber, a compressive surface receivable within the compression chamber, and a manually-engageable actuator coupled to at least one of the compression chamber and compressive surface, wherein at least one of the compressive surface and compression chamber is movable relative to the other by the manually-engage able actuator between a rest position and at least one actuated position for pressurizing fluid within the compression chamber and, in turn, dispensing fluid through the one-way valve.
21. A device as defined in claim 20, wherein at least one of the compressive surface and compression chamber is movable relative to the other by the manually engageable actuator between (i) a first position with the compression chamber coupled in fluid communication with the variable-volume chamber for receiving fluid from the variable-volume chamber into the compression chamber, and (ii) a second position with the compressive surface received within the compression chamber and the compression chamber substantially sealed with respect to the variable-volume chamber to pressurize the fluid within the compression chamber and, in turn, dispense pressurized fluid through the one-way valve.
22. A device as defined in claim 21, further comprising a flexible member defining on one side thereof the manually-engage able actuator, and defining on another side thereof the compressive surface.
25. A device as defined in claim 24, wherein the pump and one-way valve form a pump and valve assembly including a base defining a valve seat, a relatively flexible manually-engage able actuator for pumping substance through the one-way valve, and a relatively flexible valve member engaging the valve seat and forming a normally closed valve opening therebetween.
26. A device as defined in claim 25, wherein the pump and
valve assembly further comprises at least one of (i) a penetrable and resealable portion and (ii) a one-way filling valve for filling the variable-volume chamber therethrough.
27. A device as defined in claim 26, wherein the at least one of the penetrable and resealable portion and the one-way filling valve is co-molded with the pump and valve assembly.
29. A device as defined in claim 28, further comprising a flexible gasket formed on the base and engageable between the base and the third portion forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween.
31. A device as defined in claim 28, wherein the pump and valve assembly further includes a hinge extending between the support surface and base for allowing movement of at least one relative to the other.
36. A device as defined in claim 35, in combination with a filling or injection member engageable with the filling valve to introduce fluid from the filling or injection member, through the filling valve, and into the variable-volume chamber.
37. A device as defined in claim 15, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the pump, the one-way valve, and a surface defining the variable-volume chamber is penetrable by a filling or injection member for filling the variable-volume chamber through the filling or injection member with a fluid to be stored therein, and a resulting penetration aperture is resealable by applying radiation or energy thereto.
43. A method as defined in claim 42, further comprising substantially simultaneously co-extruding the first and second polymers, sequentially co-extruding the third polymer and, in tum, bonding the third polymer to the first and second polymers and fixedly securing the first, second and third portions to each other.
46. A method as defined in claim 41, wherein the chamber is a variable-volume chamber, and further comprising co-molding a pump and one-way dispensing valve assembly, and fixedly securing the pump and one-way dispensing valve assembly to at least one of the first, second and third portions with the one-way dispensing valve in fluid communication with the variable-volume chamber and the variable-volume chamber is hermetically sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere.
47. A method as defined in claim 46, wherein the variable-volume chamber is a sealed, empty, sterile variable-volume chamber.
53. A method as defined in claim 50, wherein the co-molding step includes co-molding as part of the pump and valve assembly at least one of (i) a penetrable and resealable portion, and (ii) a one-way filling valve.
54. A method as defined in claim 53, wherein the co-molding step includes co-molding as part of the pump and valve assembly the penetrable and resealable portion, and the aseptic filling step includes penetrating the penetrable and resealable portion with a filling or injection member placed in fluid communication with the variable-volume chamber, filling the variable-volume chamber through the filling or injection member, withdrawing the filling or injection member, and resealing a resulting penetration aperture formed in the penetrable and resealable portion.
55. A method as defined in claim 53, wherein the co-molding step includes co-molding as part of the pump and valve assembly the one-way filling valve in fluid communication with the variable-volume chamber, and the aseptic filling step includes placing a filling or injection member in fluid communication with an inlet of the one-way filling valve; filling the sterile fluid through the filling or injection member and one-way filling valve and into the variable-volume chamber; removing the filling or injection member from the one-way filling valve; and sealing the variable-volume chamber with respect to the ambient atmosphere with the one-way filling valve.
56. A device as defined in claim 12, wherein the valve opening is an axially extending valve opening.
57. A device as defined in claim 26, wherein the penetrable and resealable portion is resealable by applying radiation or energy thereto.
58. A device as defined in claim 57, wherein the radiation or energy comprises laser radiation.
59. A device as defined in claim 37, wherein the radiation or energy comprises laser radiation.
60. A method as defined in claim 53, wherein the penetrable and resealable portion is resealable by applying radiation or energy thereto.
61. A method as defined in claim 60, wherein the radiation or energy comprises laser radiation.
62. A method as defined in claim 54 wherein the resealing step comprises applying radiation or energy to the penetrable and resealable portion.
63. A method as defined in claim 62, wherein the step of applying radiation or energy comprises applying laser radiation.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the first polymer includes first and second monomers, the second polymer includes third and fourth monomers that are different than the first and second monomers and substantially not bondable thereto, and the third polymer includes fifth and sixth monomers. The fifth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to the first and/or second monomers for bonding the third polymer to the first polymer, and the sixth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to the third and/or fourth monomers for bonding the third polymer to the second polymer. In some such embodiments, the fifth monomer is the same as or substantially the same as the first and/or second monomers, and the sixth monomer is the same as or substantially the same as the third and/or fourth monomers.
In the illustrated embodiments, the first polymer forming the outer body 12 includes first and second monomers, the second polymer forming the flexible inner bladder 14 includes third and fourth monomers that are different than the first and second monomers and substantially not bondable thereto, and the third polymer forming the neck 18 includes fifth and sixth monomers. The fifth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to the first and/or second monomers for bonding the third polymer/neck 18 to the first polymer/outer body 12, and the sixth monomer is at least substantially similar and bondable to the third and/or fourth monomers for bonding the third polymer/neck 18 to the second polymer/flexible inner bladder 14. In the illustrated embodiment, the fifth monomer is the same as or substantially the same as the first and/or second monomers, and the sixth monomer is the same as or substantially the same as the third and/or fourth monomers. As may be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the pertinent art based on the teachings herein, the first, second and third polymers, and the monomers forming each of the polymers, may take the form of any of numerous different polymers and/or monomers that are currently known, or that later become known, for performing the functions of the polymers and monomers as described herein. Further, the devices may take any of numerous different configurations, and the components of the devices may take any of numerous different physical and/or chemical characteristics, that are currently known, or that later become known. In the exemplary illustrated embodiment, the outer body 12 may be relatively rigid in comparison to the flexible inner bladder 14, but nevertheless may be manually squeezable to pressurize the inner bladder 14 and, in turn, pressure the fluid or other substance within the variable-volume chamber to dispense fluid or other substance therefrom.
The one-way valve and pump may take the form of any of numerous different valves and/or pumps that are currently known, or that later become known, including any of the one-way valves and/or pumps that are disclosed in the following patents and patent applications that are hereby expressly incorporated by reference in their entireties as part of the present disclosure: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/650,102 filed Jan. 5, 2007, entitled “One-Way Valve and Apparatus and Method of Using the Valve,” which is a continuation of claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/757,161, filed Jan. 5, 2006, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/868,820 filed Oct. 8, 2007, entitled “One-Way Valve and Apparatus Using the Valve,” which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/644,130 filed Jan. 14, 2005 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/633,322 filed Dec. 4, 2004, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/295,274 filed Dec. 5, 2005, entitled “One-Way Valve and Apparatus Using the Valve,” now U.S. Pat. No. 7,278,553, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/644,130 filed Jan. 14, 2005 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/633,332 filed Dec. 4, 2004, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/949,104 filed Dec. 3, 2007, entitled “Apparatus for Dispensing Fluids,” which is a division of similarly-titled U.S. application Ser. No. 11/900,335 filed Sep. 10, 2007, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/900,332 filed Sep. 10, 2007, entitled “Method for Dispensing Fluids,” which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/843,131 filed Sep. 8, 2006, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/900,227 filed Sep. 10, 2007, entitled “Apparatus for Sealing and Engaging Sterile Chambers,” which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/843,131 filed Sep. 8, 2006, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/351,716 filed Feb. 10, 2006, entitled “Fluid Dispenser Having a one Way Valve, Pump, Variable Volume Storage Chamber, and a Needle Penetrable and Laser Resealable Portion,” U.S. Application Ser. No. 10/976,349 filed Oct. 28, 2004, entitled “Container and Valve Assembly for Storing and Dispensing Substances, and Related Method,” and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/935,194, filed Nov. 5, 2007, entitled “Dispenser and Method for Storing and Dispensing Sterile Food Product,” now U.S. Pat. No. 7,290,573.
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U.S. Classification 222/105, 220/723, 156/244.12
Cooperative Classification B65D47/32, B29C47/068, B29C47/0021, B05B11/3028, B29C47/065, B29L2031/7158, B29C47/0023, B65D23/02, B29C49/04, B29L2009/00, B29C47/0026, B65D47/24