Patent ID: 7490738

Claim:
A device, for dispensing a multicomponent composition comprised of a mixture of a plurality of different fluid components, the device comprising: a first fluid component inlet adapted to communicate with a source of a first fluid component; at least a second fluid component inlet adapted to communicate with a source of at least a second fluid component; a tube member; a mixing area located downstream from the first and at least second fluid component inlets; and an outlet extending from the mixing area, wherein the mixing area is adapted to receive a flow of the first fluid component from the first fluid component inlet and a flow of the second fluid component from the second fluid component inlet, wherein the mixing area is adapted to disrupt the flow of the first fluid component to mix with the flow of the second fluid component to form a flow of a multicomponent composition within the mixing area, wherein the mixing area is adapted to disrupt the flow of the multicomponent composition before the flow of the multicomponent composition exits through the outlet, wherein the first and second fluid component inlets are formed as first and second lumens, respectively, within the tube member, wherein the mixing area connects to one end of the tubing member, and wherein the mixing area includes: an open first side that accepts the end of the tube member, wherein the first and second lumens terminate at the open first side; a first surface opposite the end of the first lumen that is adapted to disrupt the flow of the first fluid component that enters the mixing area through the end of the first lumen; a second side opposite the open first side, wherein the outlet is formed on the second side off-axis from the first and second lumens; and a channel having: a first segment that directs the flow of the first fluid component to converge with the flow of the second fluid component entering the mixing area through the end of the second lumen to form the flow of the multicomponent composition; and a second segment that directs the flow of the multicomponent composition to the outlet, wherein the flow of the first fluid component enters into the mixing area in a first direction and is directed by the first surface to a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the first segment directs the flow of the first fluid component in the second direction to converge with the flow of the second fluid component to form the multicomponent composition, wherein the multicomponent composition is directed by the second segment in a third direction that is different from the second direction, and wherein the multicomponent composition is directed by the outlet in a fourth direction that is different from the third.