Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

Bill Hurst

Michael T K Ling

Ketan N Shah

Samuel Ding

Michael W Scharf

Keith M K Anderson

Raf Castellanos

Gregory Thomas Marn

Dan Marcquenski

Jennifer L Masek

The present invention provides a multiple layered non-PVC containing tubing structure. The tubing structure has a first and a second layer. The first layer is of a polymer blend of (a) from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the first layer a first polyolefin selected from the group consisting of a first propylene containing polymer, (b) from about 0 to about 50% by weight of the first layer a second polyolefin of an &#x3b1;-olefin containing polymer; (c) from about 0% to about 40% by weight of the first layer a radio frequency susceptible polymer and (d) from about 5% to about 40% of a first thermoplastic elastomer. The second layer is attached to the first layer and includes a non-PVC containing material.

Assembly for a flowable material container

A connector, a container using the connector and a method for establishing fluid communication with a container. The connector may include a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The container may attach to the first coupling member. The first coupling member may have a first passageway with a spike and a membrane located therein. The second coupling member may have a second passageway. The first coupling member may engage the second coupling member and may further pierce the membrane with the spike. The first coupling member may further have a female end of a luer-lock, and the second coupling member may have a male end of a luer-lock. The first coupling member and the second coupling member may be engaged by twisting the male end and the female end of the coupling members to form the connector and establish fluid communication with the container.

Luer-actuated solution path connector with membrane and container using the connector and a method for establishing fluid communication with the container

The present invention provides a multiple layered non-PVC containing tubing structure. The tubing structure has a first and a second layer. The first layer is of a polymer blend of: (a) from about 30% to about 50% by weight of the first layer a first polyolefin selected from the group consisting of a first propylene containing polymer, (b) from about 0 to about 50% by weight of the first layer a second polyolefin of an &agr;-olefin containing polymer; (c) from about 0% to about 40% by weight of the first layer a radio frequency susceptible polymer selected from the group consisting of polyamides, ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene methacrylic acid copolymers, polyimides, polyurethanes, polyesters, polyureas, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers with a vinyl acetate comonomer content from 18-50% by weight of the copolymer, ethylene methyl acrylate copolymers with methyl acrylate comonomer content from 180%-40% by weight of the copolymer, ethylene vinyl alcohol with vinyl alcohol comonomer content from 15%-70% by mole percent of the copolymer; (d) from about 5% to about 40% of a first thermoplastic elastomer. The second layer is of a non-PVC containing material and is a multiple component polymer blend of from about 25% to about 55% by weight of a second thermoplastic elastomer, 20% to about 45% of a polyester polyether block copolymer, 0-15% ethylene copolymerized with vinyl lower alkyl esters, 0-10% of a second propylene containing polymer and from 0%-35% acrylonitrile butadiene styrene block copolymer.

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Burlington, WI, United States of America

Bill Hurst