An evacuated bottle system including a bottle defining a hollow interior, the bottle having a neck defining an opening that provides fluid communication with the interior; a cap assembly including a funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward
An evacuated bottle system including a bottle defining a hollow interior, the bottle having a neck defining an opening that provides fluid communication with the interior; a cap assembly including a funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form a floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore; a self serum stopper having a self sealing membrane that extends radially outward to overlie at least a portion of the floor of the funnel; and a cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall.
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1. A method for pressurizing a bottle, comprising: applying a pressure differential relative to an interior of a bottle to create a suction at an evacuating opening to draw a self-sealing membrane axially outward within a gap a distance effective to provide fluid communication between a first bore o
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A method for pressurizing a bottle, comprising: applying a pressure differential relative to an interior of a bottle to create a suction at an evacuating opening to draw a self-sealing membrane axially outward within a gap a distance effective to provide fluid communication between a first bore of a funnel and a second bore of the funnel;maintaining the suction until a selected pressure is achieved within the interior of the bottle;withdrawing the suction, wherein the selected pressure within the bottle draws the self-sealing membrane against a floor of the funnel to reseal the interior of the bottle; andthe bottle comprises a removeable cap assembly that includes: the funnel configured to be positioned in a neck of the bottle, the funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form the floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining the first bore and the second portion defining the second bore fluidly connected to the first bore;a serum stopper configured to be positioned within the funnel, the serum stopper having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the serum stopper sized to fit within the first bore of the funnel, and the second portion of the serum stopper having the self-sealing membrane, the second portion of the serum stopper sitting on top of the floor and within an interior of the second bore of the funnel when the first portion of the serum stopper is inserted within the first bore of the funnel; anda cap configured to be affixed to the bottle, the cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall, the cover portion defining the evacuating opening. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of applying the pressure differential includes utilizing a chamber having a pressure lower than a pressure within the bottle, the chamber is configured to receive the bottle and the cap assembly. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of applying the pressure differential further comprises: utilizing a pressure device that is configured to attach to the cap assembly, wherein the pressure device is placed in fluid communication with the cap assembly and a vacuum source; andutilizing the vacuum source to apply the suction through the pressure device to evacuate a fluid from the bottle. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pressure device includes a head defining at least one port adapted to fluidly communicate with at least a portion of the cap assembly. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum stopper includes a tapered end. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first portion of serum stopper includes a pair of legs spaced from each other by a gap. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising applying the pressure differential to exposes the gap and create the fluid communication between the evacuation opening and the interior of the bottle. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting an end of a tubular member through the self-sealing membrane into the first bore of the funnel to access the selected pressure within the bottle. 9. The method of claim 1 further comprising inserting a seal between the shoulder of the funnel and the neck of the bottle. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the cap includes a threading that mates with a threading on the neck of the bottle. 11. The method of claim 1, further comprising sanitizing the bottle with a gamma gas sanitization. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure differential relative to the interior of the bottle creates the suction at the evacuating opening to evacuate a liquid from the interior of the bottle. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the pressure differential relative to the interior of the bottle creates the suction at the evacuating opening to evacuate a gas from the interior of the bottle. 14. A system for a bottle, comprising: an evacuation station including a head having a port adapted to fluidly communicate with an evacuating opening on a cap assembly affixed to a bottle, the head being in selective fluid communication with a vacuum source to apply a suction to the evacuating opening causing a self-sealing membrane to be displaced upward from a floor into a gap to allow fluid communication between the port and the bottle to draw a fluid from the bottle;the bottle includes the cap assembly that is removeably attached to a neck of the bottle, the cap assembly includes: a funnel configured to be positioned in the neck of the bottle, the funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form the floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore;a serum stopper configured to be positioned within the funnel, the serum stopper having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the serum stopper sized to fit within the first bore of the funnel, and the second portion of the serum stopper having the self-sealing membrane, the second portion of the serum stopper sitting on top of the floor and within an interior of the second bore of the funnel when the first portion of the serum stopper is inserted within the first bore of the funnel; anda cap configured to be affixed to the bottle, the cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall, the cover portion defining the evacuating opening. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first portion of the serum stopper extends axially inward from the self-sealing membrane into the first bore of the funnel. 16. The system of claim 14, wherein the first portion of the serum stopper includes at least one projection extending radially outward to engage an interior surface of the first portion of the funnel. 17. The system of claim 14, wherein the first portion of the serum stopper includes a pair of legs defining a leg gap therebetween, the leg gap, during suction, permits fluid flow from the bottle while the legs remain in the first bore of the funnel. 18. The system of claim 14, wherein the cap includes a threading that mates with a threading on the neck of the bottle. 19. The system of claim 14, wherein the fluid is a liquid or a gas. 20. A system for a bottle, comprising: means for fluidly communicating with an evacuating opening on a cap assembly affixed to a neck of a bottle;means for applying a suction to the evacuating opening causing a self-sealing membrane to be displaced upward from a floor into a gap to draw a fluid from the bottle;the bottle includes the cap assembly that is removeably attached to the neck of the bottle, the cap assembly includes: a funnel configured to be positioned in the neck of the bottle, the funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form a floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore;a serum stopper configured to be positioned within the funnel, the serum stopper having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the serum stopper sized to fit within the first bore of the funnel, and the second portion of the serum stopper having the self-sealing membrane, the second portion of the serum stopper sitting on top of the floor and within an interior of the second bore of the funnel when the first portion of the serum stopper is inserted within the first bore of the funnel; anda cap configured to be affixed to the bottle, the cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall, the cover portion defining the evacuating opening.
Reilly Richard J. (Deerfield IL) Cornett ; III Walter Goza (Wilmette IL) Riddle James H. (Indianapolis IN) Wharmby David (Noblesville IN), Disposable fluid collection container.
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