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Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR THE STERILE STORING AND MIXING OF MEDICINAL POWDERS, AND FOR THE DISPENSING OF PARENTERAL SOLUTIONS FORMED THEREFROM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PLASTIC, CYLINDRICAL BODY SECTION HAVING AN END WALL AND A SKIRT PORTION WITH INTERNAL THREADS AT THE OUTER END THEREOF TO FORM A FLUID-TIGHT, DETACHABLE CONNECTION WITH THE OUTLET OF A FLUID CONTAINER; A CYLINDRICAL GLASS INSERT, THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID SKIRT PORTION, SAID INSERT RESTING AGAINST SAID END WALL AT ONE END AND EXTENDING TO A POINT A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW SAID THREADS; AN INTERNAL GROOVE IN SAID SKIRT PORTION ACCOMODATING A RING THEREIN, SAID RING CONTCTING THE OTHER END OF SAID INSERT AND HOLDING SAID INSERT SECURELY IN SAID BODY SECTION; A PLUG ION SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INSIDE OF SAID INSERT; A SEALING CAP DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SKIRT PORTION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SAID DEVICE IS ATTACHED TO SAID OUTLET OF SAID FLUID CONTAINER TO PROTECT THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY SECITON AGIANST CONTAMINATION, SAID SEALIANG CAP BEING INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SCALING PLUG, SAID SEALING PLUG AND SAID INSERT WITH SAID END WALL FORMING A STORAGE COMPARTMENT PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SAID MEDICINAL POWDERS IN SAID BODY SECTION; AN AIR VENT WITH VALVE MEANS ASSOCIATED THERE WITH COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY SECTION THROUGH SAID END WALL; A LIQUID DISCHARGE PASSAGE IN SAID END WALL SPACED IN A PARALLEL MANNER WITH SAID AIR VENT; SAID PASSAGE HAVING AT THE OUTER END THEREOF AN INWARDLY TAPERING SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE HUB; AND A SEALING PLUG MOUNTED ON SAID END CLOSURE IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID HUB.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR THE STERILE STORING AND MIXING OF MEDICINAL POWDERS, AND FOR THE DISPENSING OF PARENTERAL SOLUTIONS FORMED THEREFROM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PLASTIC, CYLINDRICAL BODY SECTION HAVING AN END WALL AND A SKIRT PORTION WITH INTERNAL THREADS AT THE OUTER END THEREOF TO FORM A FLUID-TIGHT, DETACHABLE CONNECTION WITH THE OUTLET OF A FLUID CONTAINER; A CYLINDRICAL GLASS INSERT, THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID SKIRT PORTION, SAID INSERT RESTING AGAINST SAID END WALL AT ONE END AND EXTENDING TO A POINT A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW SAID THREADS; AN INTERNAL GROOVE IN SAID SKIRT PORTION ACCOMODATING A RING THEREIN, SAID RING CONTCTING THE OTHER END OF SAID INSERT AND HOLDING SAID INSERT SECURELY IN SAID BODY SECTION; A PLUG ION SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INSIDE OF SAID INSERT; A SEALING CAP DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID SKIRT PORTION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS SAID DEVICE IS ATTACHED TO SAID OUTLET OF SAID FLUID CONTAINER TO PROTECT THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY SECITON AGIANST CONTAMINATION, SAID SEALIANG CAP BEING INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SCALING PLUG, SAID SEALING PLUG AND SAID INSERT WITH SAID END WALL FORMING A STORAGE COMPARTMENT PARTIALLY FILLED WITH SAID MEDICINAL POWDERS IN SAID BODY SECTION; AN AIR VENT WITH VALVE MEANS ASSOCIATED THERE WITH COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID BODY SECTION THROUGH SAID END WALL; A LIQUID DISCHARGE PASSAGE IN SAID END WALL SPACED IN A PARALLEL MANNER WITH SAID AIR VENT; SAID PASSAGE HAVING AT THE OUTER END THEREOF AN INWARDLY TAPERING SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE HUB; AND A SEALING PLUG MOUNTED ON SAID END CLOSURE IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID HUB.