Patent ID: 7594578

Claim:
A container for storing a liquid component of bone cement comprising: a flexible film sealed about its periphery to define a cavity, said flexible film includes an inner layer, an outer layer, a vinyl barrier layer between said inner layer and said outer layer, a first nylon layer between said inner layer and said vinyl barrier layer, and a second nylon layer between said outer layer and said vinyl barrier layer, said cavity includes: a neck portion having a sealed end; a main body portion having a width that is larger than said neck portion; a stent extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end and seated in said neck portion to facilitate withdrawal of the liquid component of bone cement from said cavity, said stent extending from said first terminal end to said second terminal end only within less than an entirety of said neck portion and is proximate to said sealed end, said stent permits passage of the liquid component of bone cement there through; and the liquid component of bone cement.