Patent ID: 7118538

Claim:
Holding device ( 1 ) for assembling a medical device, which holding device ( 1 ) comprises (a) a receiving vessel ( 2 ) comprising (1) a jacket portion ( 4 ) with a longitudinal axis ( 5 ) and having an open end and (2) a front wall ( 8 ) closing an end ( 7 ) of the receiving vessel opposite the open end ( 6 ) and (3) the jacket portion ( 4 ) and front wall ( 8 ) defining a receiving chamber ( 9 ), (b) a first connecting part ( 23 ) disposed close to the front wall ( 8 ) on the jacket portion ( 4 ), projecting in the direction towards the longitudinal axis ( 5 ) and extending continuously around the periphery, (c) a retaining part ( 20 ) connected to the front wall ( 8 ) of the receiving vessel ( 2 ) and projecting therefrom in a direction remote from the jacket portion ( 4 ), the retaining part ( 20 ) being arranged eccentrically with respect to the longitudinal axis ( 5 ) and defining a flow passage ( 21 ), (d) a cannula ( 11 ) having one end ( 12 ) facing the front wall ( 8 ) of the receiving vessel ( 2 ) and an opposite end ( 13 ) facing the open end ( 6 ) of the receiving vessel ( 2 ), the cannula ( 11 ) defining a flow-through bore, (e) a holder ( 3 ) for the cannula ( 11 ), the holder ( 3 ) comprising (1) a support part ( 14 ) with a periphery facing the jacket portion ( 4 ) of the receiving vessel ( 2 ), (2) a support ( 10 ) holding the cannula ( 11 ) in a fixed position in a gas-tight and liquid-proof manner, the opposite end ( 13 ) of the cannula ( 11 ) projecting beyond the support ( 10 ), (3) the support part ( 14 ) of the holder ( 3 ) and the front wall ( 8 ) of the receiving vessel ( 2 ) defining a connecting passage ( 22 ) therebetween, the connecting passage connecting the flow passage of the holding part ( 20 ) with the flow-through bore of the cannula ( 11 ), and (f) a second connecting part ( 24 ) extending continuously around the periphery of the support part ( 14 ) and designed to connect to the first connecting part ( 23 ) of the receiving vessel, (g) means on at least one of the connecting parts ( 23 , 24 ), said means being designed as an energy directing means ( 29 ) for providing a continuous circumferential gas-tight and liquid-proof joint between the holder ( 3 ) and the receiving vessel ( 2 ) and (h) a selectively openable valve arrangement disposed between the connecting passage ( 22 ) and the receiving chamber ( 9 ), the valve arrangement comprising ( 1 ) a hose valve ( 15 ) disposed between the cannula ( 11 ) and the receiving chamber ( 9 ).