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Aeroquip Corporation

Vadus, Inc.

Thermogenesis Corporation

Jeffery D Arnett

Alan K Uke

Richard Franklin Huyser

Philip H Coelho

Neil Duggal

Matthew Thomas

Terry L Wolf

Louise C Raymond

Michael C Jue

Curtis D Mau

A shock-resistant and environmentally sealed container comprising a first section and a second section. A latching system for the container comprises a deflectable pin coupled to the first section of the container with a latch coupled to the second section. The latch includes a deflectable pin engaging member. When the deflectable pin engaging member is engaged with the deflectable pin, the deflectable pin absorbs relative movement between the first section and the second section of the container. Another embodiment of the container employs a latch containing a deflectable member. The latch is pivotally coupled to a latch pin that is mounted to either the first section or the second section of the container. The deflectable member is positioned between the latch pin and the latch, and the deflectable member is configured to absorb relative movement between the first section and the second section.

Shock-resistant and environmentally sealed container

A knife and sheath assembly includes a knife having a handle and a blade and a sheath having a cavity for releasably receiving the knife blade in a storage condition. A first end portion of the blade is adjustably mounted in the handle and a second end portion including a cutting edge protrudes from the handle. The blade is movable between a first, retracted position in which a first length of the blade protrudes from the handle and a second, extended position in which a second length of the blade longer than the first length protrudes from the handle. A releasable latch member on the handle releasably locks the knife blade in the first and second positions, and the sheath cavity is designed to receive the portion of the knife blade which protrudes from the handle in the retracted position, such that the overall length of the assembly is reduced when the knife is sheathed.

Knife and sheath assembly

A device for producing fibrinogen includes a platen having a surface configured for heat exchange with a container, which is adhered to the platen by device of a vacuum and heat exchange allowing both cooling and heating to occur along the boundary between the container and the platen. The platen is operatively coupled to a device of rocking the platen about a horizontal axis and the container allows scavenging of a cryoprecipitate fibrinogen from the blood product for subsequent utilization. A method for fabricating fibrinogen is also disclosed, including the steps of receiving blood product in a container having a heat transfer surface thereon, adhering a container to a heat transfer platen, rocking the container and coating the interior of the container with blood product, transferring heat and thereby altering the temperature of the platen, sensing the temperature of the platen and monitoring the platen temperature, and coupling the heat transfer to the temperature sensor and cycling the blood product through a phase change.

Fibrinogen apparatus, method and container

A needle protector having a body, a needle hub and a needle. The body includes a first end and a second end. The body consists of a hollow elongated cylinder defined by a continuous wall having a channel extending between the first and second ends. The continuous wall defines a recess adjacent the first end. The needle hub is movably mounted on the body. The needle hub has an external portion, an internal portion and a tracking member extending between the external portions. The tracking member is positioned in the channel. The external portion includes a single locking arm adapted to be received by the recess and the second end. The needle is mounted in the internal portion of the needle hub. Movement of the needle hub from the first end to the second end results in corresponding movement of the needle into the body until the locking arm engages the second end thereby preventing movement of the needle hub and the needle from the second end to the first end of the body.

Needle protector

A valve assembly having a body, an end cap, a resilient septum, and an actuator. The body forms a plurality of fluid recesses. The end cap defines a plurality of projections that form channels. The septum is positioned between the body and the end cap. An actuator device is positioned adjacent the septum for moving the septum away from a shoulder defined in the body to allow fluid to pass through the body, actuator, and end cap. The assembly can include a sharp. The sharp extends through the body, the actuator, the septum and the end cap.

Valve assembly

A ratcheting needle protector assembly including a body, a needle hub and a needle. The body has a first end and a second end. The body defines a channel extending longitudinally between the first and second ends. The body defines receiving devices for receiving a pawl of a ratchet arm between the first and second ends. The needle hub has an external portion, an internal portion and a tracking member movably mounted on the body. The tracking member is positioned in the channel. The needle hub includes a ratchet arm having a pawl adapted to be received by the receiving devices. The needle is mounted on the internal portion of the needle hub. Movement of the needle hub from the first end to the second end of the body causes movement of the needle from outside the body to inside the body. The pawl of the ratchet arm is received by the receiving devices to prevent movement of the needle from inside the body.

Ratcheting needle protector assembly

The present invention is directed to a needle guard assembly including a needle, a body and a handle. The body defines a chamber for receiving the needle. The handle moves the needle from the exterior of the body into the chamber.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Jeffery D Arnett