Claims
- 1. A transfer set comprising:
- a plurality of fluid conduits, each of the fluid conduits including a first section of substantially equal lengths and a second section, the first and second sections coupled together in fluid communication with a coupler; and
- a housing for receiving at least a portion of the plurality of fluid conduits and the coupler, the housing defining a plurality of separate channels for receiving a portion of the second section of each of the plurality of fluid conduits wherein the portions of the second sections within the housing have different lengths, each of the plurality of channels extending for at least substantially an entire distance that the second sections are located in the housing thereby securing the second sections in place in the housing wherein each of the plurality of channels is continuous, equally sized and non-linear and further wherein the housing comprises a first section and a second section removably secured together.
- 2. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the housing includes locking flanges extending over a portion of at least one of the plurality of channels to secure the second section of each of the plurality of fluid conduits within the channel.
- 3. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the housing defines a coupler channel for receiving the coupler.
- 4. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the coupler includes a plurality of tube connectors for securing the first section and the second section of the fluid conduits to the coupler, each tube connector including a first tube and a second tube, extending from opposite sides of the coupler and defining channels in fluid communication with each other, the housing defining gate members for receiving the first tubes and thereby limiting movement of the coupler.
- 5. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the housing defines a gate member defining a plurality of truncated channels for separately receiving a portion of the first section of each fluid conduit.
- 6. The transfer set of claim 5 wherein the housing includes means for urging the first section of each fluid conduit downwardly into the truncated channel.
- 7. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the housing defines two spaced apart gate members, each gate member defining a plurality of truncated channels for separately receiving different portions of the first section of each fluid conduit.
- 8. The transfer set of claim 7 wherein the housing includes means for urging the first section of each fluid conduit downwardly into each of the truncated channels defined by the two spaced apart gate members.
- 9. The transfer set of claim 1 wherein the housing comprises a first section and a second section that are welded together.
- 10. A tray for use in a transfer set, the tray comprising:
- a plurality of fluid conduits; and
- a first housing section and a second housing section, the first and second housing sections, when mated, defining a plurality of integrally formed, continuous, equally sized and non-linear channels for receiving portions of the plurality of fluid conduits extending from a position located near a first end of the housing sections and extending for a distance either to a second end or a side of the housing sections wherein at least one of the plurality of channels extends for a greater distance within the housing sections than another one of the plurality of channels, each of the plurality fluid conduits extending in each of the plurality of channels between the first housing section and the second housing section.
- 11. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section defines the plurality of channels.
- 12. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section includes locking flanges extending over a portion of the plurality of channels.
- 13. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section includes a gate member for separately receiving a portion of the plurality of conduits, the gate member constructed and arranged between the first end and the second end of the housing sections.
- 14. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section includes two spaced apart gate members for separately receiving different portions of the plurality of fluid conduits, the two spaced apart gate members constructed and arranged between the first end and the second end of the housing sections.
- 15. The tray of claim 10, wherein the first and second housing sections include means for removably securing the housing sections together.
- 16. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing and the second housing sections are designed to be welded together.
- 17. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section and the second housing section are created by a thermoforming process.
- 18. The tray of claim 10 wherein the first housing section includes an occluder locator aperture on a bottom thereof.
- 19. A transfer set for use in a device for accurately transferring multiple individual fluids from multiple source containers to a single receiving container, in which fluid flows from said multiple source containers through individual fluid conduits to a chamber having a chamber outlet conduit in fluid communication with the single receiving container, the device including a first occlusion means for selectively preventing fluid flow from each of said individual fluid conduits to said chamber, the transfer set comprising:
- a plurality of fluid conduits, each fluid conduit including a first section and a second section, the first section and the second section coupled together in fluid communication with a coupler; and
- a housing for receiving at least a portion of the plurality of fluid conduits and the coupler, the housing defining a plurality of separate, continuous, non-linear and equally sized channels for receiving a portion of the second section of each of the plurality of fluid conduits wherein at least one channel extends for a greater distance within the housing than another channel, each of the plurality of channels extending for at least substantially an entire distance that the second sections are located in the housing thereby securing the second sections in place in the housing wherein the housing defines a first occlusion means locator aperture for insuring that the transfer set is properly positioned in the first occlusion means and further wherein the housing comprises a first unit and a second unit including means for removably securing the units together.
- 20. The transfer set of claim 19 wherein the housing includes locking flanges extending over a portion of the plurality of channels to secure the second section of each of the plurality of fluid conduits within the channels.
- 21. The transfer set of claim 19 wherein the housing defines a coupler channel for receiving the coupler.
- 22. The transfer set of claim 19 wherein the coupler includes a plurality of tube connectors for securing the first section and the second section of the fluid conduits to the coupler, each tube connector including a first tube and a second tube, extending from opposite sides of the coupler and defining channels in fluid communication with each other, the housing defining gate members for receiving the first tubes and thereby limiting movement of the coupler.
- 23. The transfer set of claim 19 wherein the housing defines a gate member defining a plurality of truncated channels for separately receiving a portion of the first section of each fluid conduit.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/863,439 filed Apr. 13, 1992, now abandoned.
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Multiple Pneumatic Coupling, E.F. Helinki, vol. 11, No. 10, Mar. 1969. |
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