IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0259284
(2008-10-27)
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등록번호 |
US-8251235
(2012-08-28)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Py, Daniel
- Chan, Julian
- Willey, Jeffrey
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
20 |
초록
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A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure inc
A container including a body defining an outflow opening and at least one chamber adapted for storing a product, such as a fat containing liquid product, and a container closure including a primary seal for hermetically sealing the product within the chamber during storage. The container closure includes a sealing member forming a substantially fluid-tight seal between the container closure and the body, and a dispensing member in fluid communication with the chamber. The container closure and body move relative to each other between a first position where the primary seal is seated about the outflow port to hermetically seal the product in the chamber during storage, and a second position where the primary seal is displaced from the outflow port to allow product to pass from the chamber through the outflow port and into dispensing member to dispense the product.
대표청구항
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1. A liquid nutrition product dispenser comprising: a first body portion defining a first hermetically sealed chamber aseptically filled with a first liquid nutrition product hermetically sealed therein;a second body portion defining a second hermetically sealed chamber;a second chamber filling port
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A liquid nutrition product dispenser comprising: a first body portion defining a first hermetically sealed chamber aseptically filled with a first liquid nutrition product hermetically sealed therein;a second body portion defining a second hermetically sealed chamber;a second chamber filling portion that is in fluid communication with the second hermetically sealed chamber and is configured to receive a filling member to aseptically fill the second hermetically sealed chamber with a second product therethrough, and is resealable to hermetically seal the second product within the second chamber;wherein the second chamber is aseptically filled with a second product that is hermetically sealed therein, and the first and second chambers define (i) a storage state in which the first and second chambers are hermetically sealed relative to each other and the first and second products are prevented from intermixing, and (ii) a dispensing state in which the first and second chambers are in fluid communication with each other to allow intermixing and dispensing of the intermixed first and second products; anda dispensing device in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second chambers in the dispensing state for dispensing the intermixed first and second products therethrough. 2. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, further comprising a first chamber filling portion that is in fluid communication with the first hermetically sealed chamber and is configured to receive a filling member to aseptically fill the first hermetically sealed chamber with the first liquid nutrition product therethrough, and is resealable to hermetically seal the first liquid nutrition product within the first chamber. 3. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second body portions is movable relative to the other from the storage state to the dispensing state. 4. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the first liquid nutrition product is a liquid nutrition product, and the second product is an additive. 5. A dispenser as defined in claim 4, wherein the liquid nutrition product is an infant formula, and the additive is a probiotic. 6. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the dispenser further comprises a sealing ring, wherein the sealing ring is adapted to engage with the first chamber so as to provide an enclosed mixing space defining the second chamber that is bounded by a wall of the first chamber, a wall of the dispensing device, and the sealing ring; wherein the mixing space contains a second product in the form of an additive for the liquid and is operable to open the chamber and permit the liquid to mix with the additive in the mixing space and be dispensed to the exterior through the dispensing device; and wherein the second chamber filling portion is located on a wall of the dispensing device and is penetrable by an injection member to form an aperture through which the additive is introduced into the mixing space. 7. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 6, wherein the first body portion defines a generally cylindrical sealed first chamber containing the first liquid. 8. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the dispensing device defines a teat. 9. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the dispensing device defines at least one of (i) a drinking spout, (ii) a drinking spout including a one-way check valve, wherein the check valve opens under negative pressure to allow the intermixed product to be dispensed therethrough, and (iii) a push-pull cap, wherein the push-pull cap defines an outlet aperture that is closed when the cap is in a retracted push position and the outlet aperture is open when the cap is in an extended pull position. 10. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the first liquid nutrition product is a base liquid product, and the second product is an additive to the first liquid nutrition product. 11. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein the first liquid nutrition product is selected from the group consisting of a milk product, a soy product, a fat-containing product, a low acid product, and any combination of the foregoing, and the second product is selected from the group consisting of a probiotic supplement, vitamin supplement, mineral supplement, dietary supplement, flavoring, and a medicament. 12. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 2, wherein at least one of the first chamber filling portion and the second chamber filling portion is penetrable by an injection member for aseptically filling the respective chamber and is resealable for resealing the respective filling portion upon removing the injection member therefrom. 13. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, further comprising a first chamber filling portion in fluid communication with the first hermetically sealed chamber, wherein at least one of the first chamber filling portion and the second chamber filling portion is penetrable by a needle for aseptically filling the respective chamber through the needle and is resealable for resealing a resulting needle hole therein upon removing the needle therefrom. 14. A liquid nutrition product dispenser including a generally cylindrical sealed chamber containing a liquid nutrition product, a dispensing device, and a sealing ring, wherein the sealing ring is adapted to engage with the chamber so as to provide an enclosed mixing space bounded by an end wall of the chamber, a wall of the dispensing device and the sealing ring, wherein the mixing space contains an additive for the liquid and is operable to open the chamber and permit the liquid to mix with the additive in the mixing space and be dispensed to the exterior through the dispensing device, and wherein at least a portion of the wall of the dispensing device is penetrable by an injection member to form an aperture through which the additive may be introduced into the mixing space. 15. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 14, wherein the penetrable portion of the wall is resealable to reseal the aperture after removal of the injection member therefrom to hermetically seal the additive within the mixing space. 16. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 14, wherein a portion of the dispenser in fluid communication with the sealed chamber is penetrable by an injection member to form an aperture through which the liquid nutrition product may be introduced into the chamber, and the penetrable portion is resealable to seal the aperture after removal of the injection member therefrom to hermetically seal the liquid nutrition product within the chamber. 17. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 14, wherein the liquid nutrition product is selected from the group consisting of a milk product, a soy product, a fat-containing product, a low acid product, and any combination of the foregoing, and the additive is selected from the group consisting of a probiotic supplement, vitamin supplement, mineral supplement, dietary supplement, flavoring, and a medicament. 18. A liquid nutrition product dispenser comprising: first means for forming a first hermetically sealed chamber aseptically filled with a first liquid nutrition product hermetically sealed therein;second means for forming a second hermetically sealed chamber aseptically filled with a second product hermetically sealed therein;third means in fluid communication with the second hermetically sealed chamber for receiving a filling member, aseptically filling the second hermetically sealed chamber with a second product therethrough, and resealing after aseptically filling therethrough for hermetically sealing the second product within the second chamber;fourth means for moving at least one of the first means and the second means relative to the other between (i) a storage state in which the first and second chambers are hermetically sealed relative to each other for preventing intermixing of the first and second products, and (ii) a dispensing state in which the first and second chambers are in fluid communication with each other for intermixing and dispensing of the intermixed first and second products; andfifth means in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second chambers in the dispensing state for dispensing the intermixed first and second products therethrough. 19. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 18, wherein the first means is a first body portion defining the first hermetically sealed chamber; the second means is a second body portion for defining the second hermetically sealed chamber; the third means is a penetrable and resealable portion of the of the second body portion; the fourth means is defined by one of the first and second body portions being slidably mounted on the other and sealed relative thereto; and the fifth means is a dispensing device. 20. A method comprising the following steps: filling a device including a first body portion defining a first chamber; a second body portion defining a second filling portion and a second chamber in fluid communication with the second portion; wherein the first and second chambers define a storage state in which the first and second chambers are hermetically sealed relative to each other, and a dispensing state in which the first and second chambers are in fluid communication with each other to allow intermixing and dispensing of the intermixed first and second products; and a dispensing device in fluid communication with at least one of the first and second chambers in the dispensing state for dispensing the intermixed first and second products therethrough; the filling step comprising:hermetically sealing within the first chamber a base liquid nutrition product;introducing a filling member into the second filling portion and aseptically filling the second chamber with an additive therethrough; andremoving the filling member from the second filling portion and resealing the second filling portion to hermetically seal the additive therein. 21. A method as defined in claim 20, further comprising moving at least one of the first and second chambers from (i) the storage state in which the base liquid nutrition product and additive are hermetically sealed relative to each other and are prevented from intermixing, to (ii) the dispensing state in which the first and second chambers are in fluid communication with each other, and further comprising intermixing and dispensing of the intermixed base liquid nutrition product and additive. 22. A method as defined in claim 21, further comprising the steps of introducing a filling member into a first filling portion of the first body portion and aseptically filling the first chamber with the base liquid nutrition product therethrough; and removing the filling member from the first filling portion and resealing the first filling portion and hermetically sealing the base liquid nutrition product therein. 23. A method as defined in claim 20, wherein the base liquid nutrition product is selected from the group consisting of a milk product, a soy product, a fat-containing product, a low acid product, and any combination of the foregoing, and the additive is selected from the group consisting of a probiotic supplement, vitamin supplement, mineral supplement, dietary supplement, flavoring, and a medicament. 24. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 12, wherein the at least one of the first chamber filling portion and the second chamber filling portion is thermally resealable. 25. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 13, wherein the at least one of the first chamber filling portion and the second chamber filling portion is laser resealable. 26. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 15, wherein the penetrable portion of the wall is thermally resealable. 27. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 16, wherein the penetrable portion is thermally resealable. 28. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 19, wherein the third means is a penetrable and thermally resealable portion of the of the second body portion. 29. A liquid nutrition product dispenser as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second body portions is rotatable relative to the other from the storage state to the dispensing state.
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