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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biogaia Biologics AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/902 ; A61J 1/500 ; A01N 6/300 ; A61M 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/902 ; A61J 1/500 ; A01N 6/300 ; A61M 3/700 ;
Abstract
A dispensing tube containing a selected material, such as bacterial cells or other additive, on the inside of the tube. The tube is wrapped and sealed in an outer watertight envelope until time for usage. At the time of usage the outer envelope is taken away and when the tubular device penetrates a solution container such as a beverage or an enteral solution, the selected material is added to the solution while the solution flows through the tube.