Milestone S.r.l.

Michele Bellini

Francesco Visinoni

Matteo Minuti

Michele Martinelli

Marco Bellini

The invention relates to a valve () for mounting to a surface () and for use in a flow path, which flows through said surface (), for permitting flow in said flow path in a first direction and for preventing flow in said flow path in a second direction being opposite to the first direction. The valve () comprises: one or more ports () defined by a plurality of lips (), wherein each lip () is resiliently deformable from a first position, in which the lips () are in contact with one another in order to close the respective port (), to a second position, in which the respective port () is opened in order to permit flow in the first direction, and one or more contacting structures () arranged to mechanically contact the surface (), when the valve is mounted to the surface (), such that the one or more contacting structures () bias the lips () into the first position.

Valve

The present invention relates to a method and a system () for filling a closed container () with a fixative solution. The system comprises a container () comprising a container body () for receiving a biological specimen, a lid () for selectively closing the container body () and a port () forming a unidirectional barrier in a direction from the inside (IC) to the outside (OC) of the closed container (). The system further comprises a dispensing apparatus () having a filling nozzle () for dispensing the fixative solution. The filling nozzle () is relatively moveable with respect to the container () between a retracted position and a filling position to fill the container () with the fixative solution.

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Villongo, Italy

Michele Bellini