Claims
- 1. A disposable container/dispenser assembly for the extended storage and delivery of two incompatible materials, comprising:
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a first one of said materials, said main body including a main opening and a pressure equalization opening;
- an auxiliary body formed from a single, unitary deformable container section defining an auxiliary chamber for containing the second one of said materials to be mixed with said first material, said auxiliary body having an open end in facing relation to said main opening;
- at least one gas and vapor impermeable, rupturable wall means, positioned between the main body and the auxiliary body and secured to at least one of said main body and said auxiliary body for preventing mixing of said materials and for providing a gas and vapor barrier between materials in the main body and auxiliary body;
- plunger means fixedly secured to an inner wall of said container section in opposing relation to said at least one rupturable wall means; and
- membrane means for permitting air to pass therethrough to said main chamber while preventing liquid from flowing therethrough from said main chamber, said membrane being secured to said main body in covering and sealing relation to said pressure equalization opening of said main body, in a second area outside of said first area.
- 2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said main body is a rigid container made from a medical grade molded resin.
- 3. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein said medical grade molded resin is polypropylene.
- 4. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said main body is an IV bag.
- 5. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said main body includes a lower portion having an exit port thereat for removal of said first material.
- 6. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein said exit port is rupturable.
- 7. An assembly according to claim 5, further including filter means secured in said main body in covering relation to said exit port for preventing contaminant material from exiting through said exit port.
- 8. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said at least one rupturable wall means includes an impermeable membrane in covering and sealing relation to said means opening.
- 9. An assembly according to claim 8, wherein said pressure equalization opening of said main body is formed in said impermeable membrane.
- 10. An assembly according to claim 8, wherein said pressure equalization opening is formed in a wall of said main body other than said at least one rupturable wall means.
- 11. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary body has a dome-shaped configuration.
- 12. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary body has accordion pleated walls.
- 13. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary body includes a deformable dome section and a rupturable base membrane secured to said dome section so as to define said auxiliary chamber.
- 14. An assembly according to claim 13, wherein said plunger means is secured to an inner wall of said dome section and has a free cutting edge facing said rupturable base membrane.
- 15. An assembly according to claim 13, wherein said auxiliary body further includes an adhesive coating on an outer surface of said base membrane and a pressure release backing thereover.
- 16. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said plunger means includes a cruciform shaped shaft having cutting elements on a free end thereof.
- 17. An assembly according to claim 16, wherein said cutting elements are formed from one of stainless steel and plastic.
- 18. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said plunger means includes a slotted tube having a free cutting edge.
- 19. A disposable container/dispenser assembly for the extended storage and delivery of two incompatible materials, comprising:
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a first one of said materials, said main body including a first opening in communication with said main chamber;
- an auxiliary body defining an auxiliary chamber for containing the second one of said materials to be mixed with said first material, said auxiliary body including second and third spaced and opposing openings in communication with said auxiliary chamber;
- first seal means for sealing said first opening of said main body with respect to said second opening of said auxiliary body, when said auxiliary body is connected with said main body such that said first and second openings are in line with each other;
- second seal means secured to said auxiliary body for covering and sealing said third opening; and
- plunger means slidably positioned outside of said auxiliary body for rupturing said first and second seal means.
- 20. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said main body is in the shape of a syringe barrel and includes an exit port.
- 21. An assembly according to claim 20, wherein said exit port is rupturable.
- 22. An assembly according to claim 20, further including a cap removably secured to said exit port.
- 23. An assembly according to claim 19, further including filter means secured in said main body in covering relation to said exit port for preventing contaminant material from exiting through said exit port.
- 24. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said first seal means includes an impermeable membrane in covering and sealing relation to said first opening of said main body.
- 25. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said auxiliary body has a substantially cylindrical configuration with opposite open ends having said second and third openings, respectively.
- 26. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said first seal means includes an impermeable membrane in covering and sealing relation to said second opening of said auxiliary body.
- 27. A disposable container/dispenser assembly for the extended storage and delivery of two incompatible materials, comprising:
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a first one of said materials, said main body including a first opening in communication with said main chamber;
- an auxiliary body defining an auxiliary chamber for containing the second one of said materials to be mixed with said first material, said auxiliary body including second and third spaced and opposing openings in communication with said auxiliary chamber;
- first seal means for sealing said first opening of said main body with respect to said second opening of said auxiliary body, when said auxiliary body is connected with said main body such that said first and second openings are in line with each other;
- second seal means secured to said auxiliary body for covering and sealing said third opening; and
- plunger means slidably positioned outside of said auxiliary body for rupturing said first and second seal means, said plunger means including a second auxiliary body defining a cylinder chamber and a plunger slidably positioned in said cylinder chamber, said second auxiliary body being securable with said first-mentioned auxiliary body.
- 28. An assembly according to claim 27, wherein at least one of said main body, said first-mentioned auxiliary body and said second auxiliary body further includes membrane means for permitting air to pass therethrough to said main chamber while preventing liquid from flowing therethrough from said main chamber.
- 29. An assembly according to claim 27, wherein said plunger includes a plunger shaft, a plunger head secured to a free end of said plunger shaft in slidably sealing relation with said second auxiliary body, and cutting elements on said plunger head for rupturing said first and second seal means.
- 30. An assembly according to claim 29, wherein said cutting elements are made from one of stainless steel and plastic.
- 31. An assembly according to claim 30, wherein said cutting elements are arranged in a cruciform shape.
- 32. An assembly according to claim 29, wherein said main body is in the shape of a syringe barrel and includes an exit port and slots at a lower end thereof adjacent said exit port for receiving said cutting elements.
- 33. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said main body includes a first flange in surrounding relation to said first opening, said auxiliary body includes a second flange in surrounding relation to said second opening, and further including securing means for securing said first and second flanges together such that said first seal means and second seal means are in line.
- 34. An assembly according to claim 19, wherein said main body includes a first section defining said main chamber and a second section having a diameter greater than that of said first section and in fluid communication with said main chamber, said second section including a first opening in communication with said main chamber, and said auxiliary body is fit within said second section.
- 35. An assembly according to claim 34, wherein said main body includes an annular shoulder between said first and second sections, and said auxiliary body is positioned on said annular shoulder.
- 36. An assembly according to claim 35, wherein said first seal means is secured to said auxiliary body in covering and sealing relation to said second opening.
- 37. An assembly according to claim 35, wherein said plunger means is slidably positioned within said second section above said auxiliary body therein.
- 38. A disposable container/dispenser assembly for the extended storage and delivery of two incompatible materials, comprising:
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a first one of said materials, said main body including a first section defining said main chamber, a second section having a diameter greater than that of said first section and in fluid communication with said main chamber, said second section including a first opening in communication with said main chamber, said annular shoulder between said first and second sections;
- an auxiliary body defining an auxiliary chamber for containing the second one of said materials to be mixed with said first material, said auxiliary body including second and third spaced and opposing openings in communication with said auxiliary chamber, said auxiliary body being fit within said second section and positioned on said annular shoulder;
- first seal means for sealing said first opening of said main body with respect to said second opening of said auxiliary body, when said auxiliary body is connected with said main body such that said first and second openings are in line with each other;
- second seal means secured to said auxiliary body for covering and sealing said third opening; and
- plunger means slidably positioned within said second section above and outside said auxiliary body for rupturing said first and second seal means, said plunger means including a second auxiliary body fit within said second section and a plunger slidably positioned inside said second auxiliary body.
- 39. A disposable container/dispenser assembly for the extended storage and delivery of two incompatible materials, comprising;
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a fist one of said materials, said main body including a first opening in communication with said main chamber;
- an auxiliary body defining an auxiliary chamber for containing the second one of said materials to be mixed with said first material, said auxiliary body including second and third spaced and opposing openings in communication with said auxiliary chamber;
- first seal means for sealing said first opening of said main body with respect to said second opening of said auxiliary body, when said auxiliary body is connected with said main body such that said first and second openings are in line with each other;
- second seal means secured to said auxiliary body for covering and sealing said third opening; and
- plunger means slidably positioned outside of said auxiliary body for rupturing said first and second seal means, said plunger means including a cylinder and a plunger slidably positioned inside said cylinder and having cutting elements thereon for rupturing said first and second seal means, said cylinder including a first section having a first inner diameter and a second section connected with said first section and in fluid communication therewith, said second section having a second inner diameter greater than said first inner diameter so as to define an annular shoulder with said first section.
- 40. An assembly according to claim 39, wherein said auxiliary body is positioned within said second section of said cylinder in substantial abutment with said annular shoulder, said auxiliary body having a length which is less than that of said second section so as to define an open portion of said second section for receiving said main body.
- 41. An assembly according to claim 39, wherein said first seal means is secured to said auxiliary body in covering and sealing relation to said second opening.
- 42. A disposable container/dispenser assembly comprising:
- a main body defining a main chamber for containing a liquid, said main body including an opening; and
- a membrane secured to said main body in covering and sealing relation to said opening, said membrane including first and second extensions extending from opposite sides thereof, each extension including at least one aperture therein for receiving a support therethrough so as to hang said main body in a substantially straight manner from the support.
- 43. An assembly according to claim 42, wherein said main body is at least a semi-rigid container.
- 44. An auxiliary body for use with a main body defining a main chamber which contains a first material, said auxiliary body comprising:
- a single, unitary deformable container section which defines an auxiliary chamber for containing a second material to be mixed with said first material, said container section having an opening;
- gas and vapor impermeable, rupturable wall means secured to said container section for sealing said opening and for providing a gas vapor barrier;
- plunger means for rupturing said rupturable wall means, said plunger means positioned in said auxiliary chamber and fixedly secured to said container section in opposing relation to said rupturable wall means, said plunger means including means for preventing plugging of a hole ruptured in said rupturable wall means by said plunger means; and
- securement means for securing said rupturable wall means to an outer surface of a wall of said main body.
- 45. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said rupturable wall means has an area greater than a rupturing area of said plunger means.
- 46. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said securement means includes adhesive means for securing said rupturable wall means in substantially full contact with said outer surface of said wall of said main body.
- 47. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said rupturable wall means is substantially planar.
- 48. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said rupturable wall means has an arcuate configuration.
- 49. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said plunger means includes a cruciform shaped shaft having cutting elements on a free end thereof.
- 50. An auxiliary body according to claim 49, wherein said cutting elements are formed from one of stainless steel and plastic.
- 51. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said plunger means includes a slotted tube having a free cutting edge.
- 52. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said at least one deformable side wall has a substantially dome-shaped configuration.
- 53. An auxiliary body according to claim 44, wherein said at least one deformable side wall has accordion pleated walls.
- 54. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said plunger means includes means for preventing plugging of a hole ruptured in said at least one rupturable wall means by said plunger means.
- 55. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said at least one rupturable wall means includes a first rupturable wall secured to said main body in sealing relation to said main opening and a second rupturable wall secured to said auxiliary body in sealing relation to said open end thereof, said first and second rupturable walls being secured to each other.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present Application is a Continuation-In-Part of copending application Ser. No. 910,407, filed Sept. 22, 1986, ABN. by the same inventor herein, and entitled MEDICAMENT CONTAINER/DISPENSER ASSEMBLY.
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