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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991
Filed:
May. 04, 1990
Thomas E Needham, Deerfield, IL (US);
Jeremy C Wright, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Steve Pearson, Ingleside, IL (US);
Rao Chilamkurti, West Chicago, IL (US);
Clinton V Kopp, Barrington, IL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for the safe, passive reconstruction of a drug or other beneficial agent, without requiring manual reconstitution steps. The apparatus includes a housing, preferably having a receptacle 'in-line' in an administration set and forming part of an intravenous delivery system, and a cartridge adapted for receiving a beneficial agent or beneficial agent and carrier. The cartridge is plugged into the receptacle to initiate reconstitution of the agent. The apparatus creates first and second delivery modes, in which the delivery rate of the agent to a patient is independent from and dependent upon, respectively, the fluid flow rate through the intravenous delivery system.