Coded entry system for blood bag
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1. In a bag for storing blood components consisting of a sterilizable flexible closed container, the improvement which comprises:
- an inlet-outlet fitment at the top thereof and forming a part of said closed container so that said container remains sealed after said fitment is attached, said fitment having at least one inlet consisting of a hollow outward protrusion having on its outer diameter a shape-coded configuration, a fluidic connector having a shape-coded configuration corresponding to the shape-coded configuration of said protrusion and being removably and matably sealed in said protrusion;
said connector having means for piercing said fitment and said container when inserted in said protrusion, whereby matably sealing said connector with said protrusion causes the piercing means to puncture said fitment and said bag and provide access therein.
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A bag for storing blood components consisting of a sterilizable, flexible closed container including a coded inlet-outlet fitment at the top thereof forming part of said closed container, said fitment including at least one inlet consisting of a hollow outward protrusion having on its outer diameter a coded configuration.
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1. In a bag for storing blood components consisting of a sterilizable flexible closed container, the improvement which comprises:
- an inlet-outlet fitment at the top thereof and forming a part of said closed container so that said container remains sealed after said fitment is attached, said fitment having at least one inlet consisting of a hollow outward protrusion having on its outer diameter a shape-coded configuration, a fluidic connector having a shape-coded configuration corresponding to the shape-coded configuration of said protrusion and being removably and matably sealed in said protrusion;
said connector having means for piercing said fitment and said container when inserted in said protrusion, whereby matably sealing said connector with said protrusion causes the piercing means to puncture said fitment and said bag and provide access therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- an inlet-outlet fitment at the top thereof and forming a part of said closed container so that said container remains sealed after said fitment is attached, said fitment having at least one inlet consisting of a hollow outward protrusion having on its outer diameter a shape-coded configuration, a fluidic connector having a shape-coded configuration corresponding to the shape-coded configuration of said protrusion and being removably and matably sealed in said protrusion;
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6. A means for coding an inlet-outlet fitment, having at least one protrusion, of a sealed blood storage bag comprising a coded member removably engaged over one of the protrusions of said fitment, said member having at its upper portion a configuration coded portion a fluidic connector having a coded configuration corresponding to the coded configuration of said fitment and being removably and matably sealed in said protrusion, said connector having piercing means for puncturing said fitment and said bag, whereby when said connector is matably sealed in said protrusion, said piercing means punctures said fitment and said bag and thereby a proper fluid may be added into said storage bag from another container only through said correspondingly configurated coded mating connector.
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