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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
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 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.