IMPROVED SYSTEM

• Main Authors: RALEIGH A. CARMEN, CHI-YONG CHONG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.03.1992
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

An improved heat sterilizable blood bag system adapted for containing and mixing of different materials (16,18) originally placed in separate but potentially communicating compartments (2,6). The improvement comprises of having a smaller squeezable compartment (6) for one material (16) attached to and capable of communicating with a larger compartment (2) for the other material (18). The material (16) in the smaller compartment (6) is separated from the interior of the larger compartment (2) by means of an externally manipulatable closure means (14) which, when opened, permits mixture of the contents (16) in the first compartment (6) and contents (18) of the second compartment (2) when the smaller compartment (6) is repeatedly squeezed.