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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Dennis Pleegor Hogan, Chittenden, VT (US);
Christopher Edward Walsh, Swanton, VT (US);
Charles Arthur Whiting, Milton, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A fluid delivery system that includes a fluid delivery tool having a connector element and a location for holding a fluid container. The fluid container location of the tool has a replaceable template with a first key element portion. The fluid delivery system also includes a fluid container having a connector portion for connecting the fluid container to the connector element of the fluid delivery tool so that the fluid in the fluid container may be delivered to the fluid delivery tool. The fluid container may also have a second key element portion distinct from its connector portion and configured to mate with the first key element portion of the tool template. Alternatively, the fluid container may have a body portion integral with and distinct from its connector portion, and a key element is provided on at least a portion of the fluid container body portion and configured to mate with the first key element portion of the tool template. In this configuration, the key element may be removable from or permanently attached to the body portion of the fluid container. The fluid delivery system ensures that only a fluid container key element capable of mating with the key element portion of the template presently located in the fluid delivery tool may be inserted in the container holding location of the fluid delivery tool.