Apparatus for mixing liquids
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR MIXING LIQUIDS SUCH AS A BLOOD SERUM AND A REAGENT EMPLOYED IN TESTING THE SERUM, WHEREIN A PREMEASURED AMOUNT OF THE REAGENT IS PREPACKED IN A SEALED PLASTIC VIAL HAVING INTERNAL THREADS IN THE MOUTH THEREOF AND A FRANGIBLE SEAL PLUG IN THE MOUTH AT THE LOWER END FOR SEALING THE PREMEASURED AMOUNT OF REAGENT IN THE VIAL. THE BLOOD SERUM IS PLACED INTO A GLASS VIAL HAVING EXTERNAL THREADS WHICH MAY BE SCREWED INTO THE MOUTH OF THE PLASTIC VIAL TO BREAK THE SEAL PLUG AND THEREBY ALLOW THE SERUM TO BE MIXED WITH THE REAGENT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEAL PROVIDED BY THE MATING THREADS ON THE VIALS, THE MIXED LIQUIDS ARE FURTHER SEALED BY INTERENGAGEMENT BETWEEN AN EXTERNAL SHOULDER ON THE GLASS VIAL AND A CORRESPONDING ANNULAR PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PLASTIC VIAL. THE ACTUAL MIXING OF THE LIQUIDS MAY BE PERFORMED BY GRASPING THE UNITED VIALS AND MANUALLY SHAKING THEM AS A UNIT SO THAT THE MIXING OF THE LIQUIDS TAKES PLACE IN BOTH VIALS.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Vacirca
- 👤 Port Jefferson
- 👤 Michael Smith
- 👤 Louis Tejera
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