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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Jeroen Molema, Drachten, NL;
Wilko Westerhof, Drachten, NL;
Bartele Hendrik DE Vries, Drachten, NL;
Reinier Niels Lap, Surhuizum, NL;
Olaf Martin DE Jong, Drachten, NL;
Bart-jan Zwart, Foxhol, NL;
Johannes Rogier DE Vrind, Groningen, NL;
Jeroen Molema, Drachten, NL;
Wilko Westerhof, Drachten, NL;
Bartele Hendrik De Vries, Drachten, NL;
Reinier Niels Lap, Surhuizum, NL;
Olaf Martin De Jong, Drachten, NL;
Bart-Jan Zwart, Foxhol, NL;
Johannes Rogier De Vrind, Groningen, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An instrument () for filling a substance supply container () of a device () for personal care treatment has a filling needle () having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir () and a distal end, a substance transport conduit () extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet () provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle (). A sleeve () is arranged around the filling needle () and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet () and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet (). A system () including such an instrument (), a container () for cooperation with such an instrument () and for provisioning a device () for personal care treatment as well as a device () for personal care treatment including such a container () are described.