Infusion device

• US 4,325,368 A
• Filed: 12/14/1979
• Issued: 04/20/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ingrid Bernard
• Original Assignee: Ingrid Bernard
• Inventors: Kaemmerer, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Michell, Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swisher, Nancy A. B.
• Application Number:
  US06/103,476
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 128/214 G, 128/214 C, 128/214 R, 128/214.2, 128/272, 128/272.1, 128/272.3, 222/129, 215/355, 215/309, 215/249, 215/247, 215/DIG. 3, 215/DIG. 8
• US Class Current: 604/80
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/00 Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/20 Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1623 Details of air intake
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1408 in parallel, e.g. manifolds, sequencing valves access sites A61M39/02; tube connectors A61M39/10
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/162 Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube ; Connections between reservoir and tube in jet-action syringes A61M5/30; connectors for tubes having sealed ends and a needle for piercing them A61M39/14
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/03 Medical
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Abstract

An infusion device for medical purposes is described, comprising a container (10) with at least two chambers (14, 16), with their openings (20, 22) closable by means of sealing stoppers, in particular by a common stopper (12). The sealing stopper has a cavity (34) in the area of the opening (20) of the first chamber (14) which communicates with the second chamber (16). A cannula (42) may be pierced through the stopper (12) in the area of the opening (20) of the first chamber (14) and can simultaneously receive infusional solutions from the two chambers through two orifices (44, 46) spaced longitudinally from one another. The connection between the cavity (34, 40) in the stopper (12) may be established in one embodiment by means of a connecting cannula (56) with orifices (58, 60).

Claims

1. An infusion device which is adapted to receive a penetrating cannula for simultaneously infusing a plurality of liquids, comprising:

a container having an orifice on the side which is the underside in the operational position, at least first and second chambers therein for holding a plurality of infusion liquids and first and second openings connecting said first and second chambers with said orifice;

and

a stopper member for inserting into said orifice and sealing said orifice as well as sealing said first and second openings from one another, said stopper member including therein a cavity which lies in the path of a penetrating cannula and which is adapted to provide codispensing communication between said first and second chambers upon insertion of a penetrating cannula for codispensing said plurality of infusion liquids.

2. An infusion device according to claim 1, wherein said cavity in said stopper member is normally in communication with said first chamber and is normally sealed from said second chamber but lies in the path of a penetrating cannula into said second chamber, whereupon by insertion of a penetrating cannula into said second chamber communication is achieved between said first and second chambers.

3. An infusion device according to claim 1, wherein said cavity in said stopper member is normally sealed from both said first and second chambers but lies in the path of a penetrating cannula into both of said chambers, whereupon communication is achieved between said first and second chambers by insertion of a penetrating cannula into both of said first and second chambers.

4. An infusion device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a first penetrating cannula inserted through said stopper member into said second chamber and intersecting said cavity, said first cannula including a first aperture opening into said second chamber and a second aperture opening into said cavity.

5. An infusion device according to claim 4, wherein said first and second apertures are each connected with a separate passageway in said first cannula for separately codispersing said plurality of liquids.

6. An infusion device according to claim 4, wherein said first and second apertures are interconnected with each other, and wherein said device further comprises a second penetrating cannula inserted through said stopper member into said first chamber and intersecting said cavity, said second cannula including a first aperture opening into said cavity.

7. An infusion device according to claim 6, wherein said second cannula includes a second aperture opening into said first chamber and wherein said first and second apertures of said second cannula are each connected with a separate passageway in said second cannula for separately codispensing said plurality of liquids.

8. An infusion device according to claim 1, further comprising a metering valve interposed in the connecting channel connecting said first and second apertures in said first cannula.

9. An infusion device according to claim 8, wherein said metering valve comprises a perforated disk, rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the connecting channel, with orifices of different diameters, said orifices being displaceable selectively into the path of the connecting channel.

10. An infusion device according to claim 6, wherein said first and second cannulas include ventilation channels entering said first and second chambers.

11. An infusion device according to claim 10, wherein each said ventilation channel comprises an air filter.

12. An infusion device according to claim 6, further comprising a metering valve interposed in the connecting channel connecting said first and second apertures in said first cannula.

13. An infusion device according to claim 12, wherein said metering valve comprises a perforated disk, rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the connecting channel, with orifices of different diameters, said orifices being displaceable selectively into the path of the connecting channel.

14. An infusion device according to claim 4, wherein said first cannula includes a ventilation channel entering said second chamber.

15. An infusion device according to claim 14, wherein each said ventilation channel comprises an air filter.

16. An infusion device according to claim 1, wherein said openings of said chambers are arranged adjacent to each other and may be closed with a common stopper member, said stopper member having at least one bung-like projection for insertion into one of said openings.

17. An infusion device according to claim 16, wherein said openings are surrounded by a common rim projecting from the plane of the openings, said rim receiving the common stopper member.