System for dispensing biological fluids
First Claim
1. A method of dispensing biological fluids, comprising:
- disposing a plurality of sealed stock vials in a housing to form an array, the stock vials holding biological fluids and each being disposed in an inverted configuration;
operating at least one cooling device to refrigerate the stock vials with the stock vials disposed in the housing; and
transferring aliquots of the biological fluids using syringe pumps such that the aliquots are transferred from two or more of the stock vials disposed in the inverted configuration in the housing, out through resilient closures of the two or more stock vials, and to a receiver vial through a resilient closure thereof.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing biological fluids. The system may provide supply (stock) vessels of refrigerated biological fluids that remain connected to dispensers as the dispensers are operated to distribute the biological fluids to receiver vessels. Each receiver vessel may be engaged selectively with a suitable set of one or more dispensers to select the type and amount of biological fluid to be dispensed to the receiver vessel. The dispensers may be configured to permit the biological fluids to be selectively dispensed to receiver vessels under sterile conditions, so that the biological fluids may remain in a substantially closed environment as they are transferred between vessels.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of dispensing biological fluids, comprising:
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disposing a plurality of sealed stock vials in a housing to form an array, the stock vials holding biological fluids and each being disposed in an inverted configuration; operating at least one cooling device to refrigerate the stock vials with the stock vials disposed in the housing; and transferring aliquots of the biological fluids using syringe pumps such that the aliquots are transferred from two or more of the stock vials disposed in the inverted configuration in the housing, out through resilient closures of the two or more stock vials, and to a receiver vial through a resilient closure thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for dispensing biological fluids, comprising:
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a housing for holding an array of sealed stock vials containing biological fluids, with each stock vial being disposed in an inverted configuration; at least one cooling device operatively coupled to the housing and configured to refrigerate the stock vials with the stock vials disposed in the housing; and a plurality of syringe pumps for transferring aliquots of the biological fluids from the stock vials disposed in the inverted configuration in the housing, out through resilient closures of the stock vials, each syringe pump being coupled to a hollow-bore needle, wherein the housing is configured to hold the stock vials such that the resilient closures are accessible to the hollow-bore needles from below the stock vials. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of dispensing biological fluids, comprising:
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disposing a plurality of sealed stock vials in a housing in a circular pattern to form an array, the stock vials holding biological fluids and each being disposed in an inverted configuration; operating at least one thermoelectric cooling device to refrigerate the stock vials with the stock vials disposed in the housing; and transferring aliquots of the biological fluids using syringe pumps such that the aliquots are transferred from two or more of the stock vials disposed in the inverted configuration in the housing, out through resilient closures of the two or more stock vials, and to a receiver vial through a resilient closure thereof.
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