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System and method for mixing parenteral nutrition solutions

  • US 5,037,390 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1989
  • Issued: 08/06/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for preparing parenteral nutrition solutions from a plurality of additives contained in individual vials having sealed ends, comprising:

  • a rack for supporting the vials in a predetermined relationship adjacent one another, said rack having means thereon for contacting and supporting said vials in said predetermined relationship, and having quick release means for releasable attachment of said rack on a stand, said rack further having openings therethrough aligned with the positions of said vials on said rack means;

    means for piercing the sealed ends of said vials to gain access to the contents thereof, through a respective opening in the rack means and into the sealed end of an associated vial, the piercing means being held on one side of the rack and an associated vial being held on the other side, said piercing means including means for attachment thereto of a pump for withdrawing additive from the associated vial, wherein an individual pump is held in associated, aligned relationship with each vial, whereby a plurality of vials and associated piercing means may be assembled to said rack and the assembly of the rack, the vials and the piercing means releasably atached to a stand, wherein;

    said rack comprises an elongate, rectangularly shaped, flat bar, said openings being spaced along the length of the bar, said means for contacting and supporting the vials comprises upstanding cylindrical walls on a top surface of the bar, and said quick release means comprises key-hole shaped openings through the opposite ends of the bar; and

    said stand includes a pair of elongate arms projecting in a common direction from a base, said arms having headed ends for engagement in said key-hole shaped openings and being flexible to align the headed ends with the larger part of the key-hole shaped openings whereby the headed ends may be passed through the key-hole shaped openings to enable the bar to be attached to and removed from the arms.

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