Patent ID: 8048055

Claim:
A clamp assembly, comprising: a fluid container containing a fluid; the fluid container comprising an inlet port path; and a bag main body portion; a clamp, the clamp being sized to receive the inlet port path but not the bag main body portion; the clamp comprising a first jaw having a photopermeable main body portion; and a second jaw, said fluid chamber inlet port path being between the first and second jaw, the second jaw being operatively associated with the first jaw so that at least one of the first and second jaws can be moved between a clamped position and a released position with respect to the inlet port path, wherein at least one of the first and second jaws applies a clamping force in the clamped position to the fluid container to displace fluid from the clamped inlet port path to the bag body portion; and wherein the photopermeable main body portion of the first jaw allowing some light to reach the clamped region of the fluid container, a lock member mounted to the second jaw so that the lock member can be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock member engaging the first jaw and holding the first and second jaws in the clamped position when the lock member is in the locked position, and an interlock operatively associated with the lock member, the interlock preventing the lock member from remaining in the locked position unless the fluid container is positioned between the first and second jaws.