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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis M Treu, Gurnee, IL (US);
Dilip H Shah, Grayslake, IL (US);
Donald C Walker, Mundelein, IL (US);
Kenneth E Pawlak, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
AKYSYS, Ltd., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215230 ; 215301 ; 215302 ; 215330 ; 215D / ; 220254 ; 220258 ; 220277 ; 141329 ; 141330 ; 222 81 ; 222 83 ; 2225412 ;
Abstract
A vessel for containing a batch quantity of chemicals for preparation of physiologic, therapeutic, or irrigation solutions, such as dialysate. The vessel has a cap and a bottle shell having features that make the vessel suitable for mounting to an apparatus for automatically opening the vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the cap has a frangible membrane sealing the vessel. A protective overcap is removable mounted to the cap to protect the cap from puncture prior to installation on the opening apparatus.