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Claims for Patent: 7,931,629


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Summary for Patent: 7,931,629
Title:Sterile liquid materials distribution, consumption and material waste disposal method and apparatus
Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a method and apparatus for packaging or containing, handling and managing of a variety of materials or other contents from a variety of sources which encounter use under various dynamic applications, conditions and for a plurality of purposes. The invention more specifically is directed towards one or more containers or packages, suitably fitted or used for the handling or managing of materials or other contents along one or more cycles or chains of use. The one or more packages or other containers described herein is intended for and/or used in one or more interconnections or associations with not only the \"initial purpose\" filling, transport, storage, dispensing, pouring, using, releasing of sterile or other fluids or material contents, but also used in association with, and for carrying out, the additional delivering and receiving of said fluids or materials, and the receiving and delivering of said fluids or materials via an ingress and egress, by a variety of ways, for a variety of functions and for a plurality of purposes.
Inventor(s): Romano; Jack W. (Kirkland, WA)
Assignee: Medindica-Pak, Inc. (Kirkland, WA)
Application Number:10/280,731
Patent Claims:1. A supply chain method comprising, a) creating supply chain matrices, said matrices to include a supply chain matrix, said matrices to include a disposal chain matrix, said supply chain matrix to include a prime manifold enclosure, said enclosure manufactured having first fluent materials enclosed therein, said enclosure being adapted to be in fluent material(s) egress orientation with respect to natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said egress orientation to include fluent material(s) administration during said egress orientation, said supply chain matrix to include a first conduit, said first conduit being adapted to be interposed between said natural anatomic locations and said egress orientation, said interposition to include said first conduit being adapted to be in control of fluent material(s) flow from said enclosure, said interposition to include said first conduit being adapted to be in flow control administration with said natural anatomic locations, said matrices to include said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said supply chain matrix, said matrices to include said enclosure being disposed to be adapted to ingress waste material(s), said disposal chain matrix to include said enclosure being adapted to be in waste material(s) ingress orientation with respect to different natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said ingress orientation to include waste material(s) disposal, said disposal chain matrix to include a second conduit, said second conduit being adapted to be interposed between said different natural anatomic locations and said ingress orientation, said second conduit being adapted to be interposed to include flow of waste material(s) toward said enclosure, said second conduit being adapted to be in flow communication with said different natural anatomic locations, said enclosure being adapted to be receptive to fluent waste material(s) ingress during said disposal chain matrix, b) establishing said egress orientation and said ingress orientation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said first fluent material comprises an aseptic material and said different natural anatomic locations comprises a plurality of natural anatomic systems, said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to precede said ingress orientation during establishment of said supply chain matrices.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said natural anatomic locations includes vascular systems, said locations being adapted to be in flow control communication with said enclosure, said disposal chain matrix includes ingress of waste material(s) along said second conduit, said second conduit being adapted to be in waste material(s) flow control, said control being adapted to be disposed between an airway of a health care subject and said enclosure.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said natural anatomic locations includes vascular systems, said locations being adapted to be in flow control communication with said enclosure, said different natural anatomic locations includes a renal system, said different locations being adapted to be in flow control communication with said enclosure, said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to precede said enclosure ingress orientation along said supply chain matrices.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said matrices being adapted to be established in association with said enclosure egress orientation and said enclosure ingress orientation, said matrices creation to include patient fluid volume maintenance, said matrices establishment to include said enclosure being adapted to provide said fluent material(s) during said egress orientation, said enclosure provided being adapted to be disposed to receive said waste material(s) during said ingress orientation, said waste material(s) ingress includes fluent waste material(s) ingress along said second conduit, said second conduit being adapted to be in flow control communication with a plurality of natural anatomic systems of a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to be connected to said second conduit.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said enclosure provides intravenous solution administration, said enclosure being adapted to be in vascular access communication with a health care subject, said supply chain matrices to provide collection of waste material(s), said different locations to include an airway of a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to be disposed in ingress orientation with respect to said airway, said second conduit being adapted to be in flow control communication with said airway, said second conduit being adapted to be connected at one end to said enclosure, said second conduit being adapted to be connected at the other end to a suction tip, said second conduit controlling flow of said waste, said flow being adapted to be disposed to clear said airway, said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to be disposed to precede said enclosure ingress orientation with respect to creation of said matrices and establishment of said egress and said ingress orientations.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said second conduit being adapted to be in flow control connection with a urinary drainage catheter during said enclosure ingress orientation, said enclosure egressing said fluent material(s) during said egress orientation, said establishment of said matrices to include said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to precede said enclosure ingress orientation along said supply chain matrices.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said enclosure being adapted to administer intravenous solutions, said first conduit being adapted to be in flow control connection by vascular access with a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to collect urine, said second conduit being adapted to be in flow control connection with a urinary drainage catheter, said urinary drainage catheter being adapted to be in flow communication with the renal system of a health care subject, said second conduit interposed between said urinary drainage catheter and said enclosure, said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to be disposed to precede said enclosure ingress orientation with respect to creation of said matrices and establishment of said egress orientation and said ingress orientation

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said prime manifold enclosure said egress orientation being adapted to be disposed to precede said enclosure ingress orientation, said first conduit being adapted to be interposed between a vascular access device and said enclosure, said second conduit being adapted to be interposed between a urinary drainage catheter and said enclosure, said enclosure egress orientation being adapted to be disposed to precede said enclosure ingress orientation, said supply chain matrix being disposed to precede said disposal chain matrix with respect to creation of said matrices and establishment of said egress orientation and said ingress orientation.

10. A supply chain method comprising, a) creating supply chain matrices, said matrices to include supply chain consumption, said matrices to include disposal chain consumption, said matrices to include a prime manifold enclosure, said supply chain consumption to include said enclosure, said enclosure being adapted to be manufactured having fluent material(s) enclosed therein, said enclosure being adapted to be in fluent material(s) egress orientation during communication with respect to natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said egress orientation to include fluent material(s) enclosure consumption during said egress orientation, said supply chain consumption to include a first conduit, said first conduit being adapted to be interposed between said natural anatomic locations and said egress orientation, said first conduit interposition to include controlling fluent material(s) flow from said enclosure, said matrices to include said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said supply chain consumption, said matrices to include said enclosure being disposed to be adapted to ingress waste material(s), said disposal chain consumption to include said enclosure being adapted to be in waste material(s) communication ingress orientation with respect to different natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said ingress orientation to include fluent waste material(s) disposal, said disposal chain consumption to include a second conduit, said second conduit being adapted to be interposed between said different natural anatomic locations and said ingress orientation, said second conduit being adapted to be interposed to include control of fluent waste material(s) flow towards said enclosure, said second conduit being adapted to be in flow communication with said different natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to be receptive to fluent waste material(s) ingress, b) establishing said egress orientation and said ingress orientation.

11. A supply chain method comprising, a) creating supply chain matrices, said matrices to include a supply chain matrix, said matrices to include a disposal chain matrix, said supply chain matrix to include a prime manifold enclosure, said enclosure manufactured having fluent material(s) enclosed therein, said enclosure being adapted to be in fluent material(s) egress orientation with respect to non-anatomic receiving receptacle(s), said matrices to include said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said supply chain matrix, said matrices to include said enclosure being adapted to ingress waste material(s), said disposal chain matrix to include said enclosure being adapted to be in fluent material(s) ingress orientation with respect to natural anatomic locations of a health care subject, said ingress orientation to include waste material(s) disposal consumption, said disposal chain matrix to include a conduit, said conduit being adapted to be interposed between natural anatomic locations of a health care subject and said ingress orientation, said conduit being adapted to be interposed to include control of fluent waste material(s) flow towards said enclosure, said conduit being adapted to be in fluent waste material(s) flow communication with said natural anatomic locations, said enclosure being adapted to be receptive to fluent waste material(s) ingress, b) establishing said egress orientation and said ingress orientation.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said fluent material egress orientation includes pouring, said enclosure being disposed to be dissociated from said fluent material(s) egress, said waste ingress orientation includes said enclosure being adapted to be receptive to receive fluent waste materials in flow control adaptation to natural anatomic locations.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein pluralities of waste material(s) are received during pluralities of ingress orientations, said enclosures being adapted to be disposed in pluralities of ingress orientations during communication with pluralities of natural anatomic locations, pluralities of conduits being adapted to be interposed between said pluralities of natural anatomic locations and said pluralities of enclosures, said pluralities of conduits being adapted to be connected at one end to pluralities of said enclosures, said conduits being adapted to be connected at the other end to pluralities of suction tips , said egress orientations being adapted to precede said pluralities of ingress orientations, said matrices to further include pluralities of said supply chain matrix, said matrices to further include pluralities of said disposal chain matrix.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein said fluent material is egressed toward an open pre-sterilized non-anatomic receptacle, said waste material(s) ingress orientation being adapted to be in flow control adaptation towards said enclosure, said conduit being connected at one end to said enclosure, said conduit being adapted to be in flow control communication at the other end with an airway of a health care subject.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein said waste material is in flow control adaptation with said enclosure, said flow ingresses away from and is adapted to be in flow control connection with a plurality of natural anatomic locations, said fluent material consumed during distribution and egress consumption during said supply chain matrix, said enclosure egress orientation to include enclosure consumption and said enclosure disposal during said disposal matrix, said conduit being adapted to be interposed between a suction tip and said enclosure.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said fluent material egress includes said first conduit, said first conduit interposed between said enclosure and a vascular access catheter, said enclosure ingressing urine, said second conduit interposed between said enclosure and a urinary drainage catheter.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein said ingressing orientation step comprises ingressing waste materials towards said enclosure, said enclosure being adapted to be in flow control adaptation with a surgical wound, said enclosure being adapted to be connected to said second conduit, said second conduit interposed between said enclosure and a suction tip, said egress orientation being provided during said supply chain matrix, said ingress orientation being provided during said disposal chain matrix, said disposal chain matrix being adapted to preceded by said supply chain matrix during creation of said matrices and establishment of said egress orientation and said ingress orientation, said matrices to include said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said natural anatomic locations.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein said supply chain matrix includes pouring said fluent material into a pre-sterilized receptacle, said fluent material comprises an aseptically manufactured sterile liquid, said conduit comprises a suction tubing, said suction tubing being adapted to be interposed between a suction tip and said enclosure.

19. The method of claim 11 wherein said disposal chain matrix includes said waste material ingress, said ingress preceded by said enclosure being disposed in fluent material pouring egress towards to pre-sterilized receptacles, said waste material(s) to include a naturally produced biological material derived from a plurality of natural anatomic locations, said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said egress orientation.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein said enclosure being adapted to be in flow communication with a vascular access catheter during said supply chain matrix, said egress orientation includes distribution and consumption of said fluent materials and said enclosure, said enclosure being adapted to be in flow control communication with a conduit during said disposal chain matrix , said ingress orientation further includes consumption and disposal of said enclosure and said waste material(s), said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said natural anatomic locations.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein said supply chain matrix comprises distribution and consumption of said fluent material(s) said fluent material(s) consumption being adapted to precede said ingress orientation during ascertainment and establishment of said supply chain matrices, said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said natural anatomic locations.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein said disposal chain matrix comprises consumption and disposal of said enclosure and said waste material(s), said waste material(s) being disposed to be controlled by said second conduit, said conduit being interposed between said enclosure and a suction tip, said enclosure enclosing said waste material(s) waste material ingress from said suction tip, said suction tip being adapted to be in flow communication with said different anatomic locations of a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said natural anatomic locations.

23. The method of claim 11 wherein said fluent materials enclosure distributes for consumption said fluent material(s) during said supply chain matrix, said enclosure consumed for waste material(s) disposal during said disposal chain matrices, said enclosure being adapted to egress fluent materials with respect to non-anatomic receiving receptacles during said egress orientation, said conduit interposed between a suction tip and said enclosure, said suction tip being adapted to be in flow communication with a wound of a health care subject, said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said non-anatomic receiving receptacles.

24. The method of claim 11 wherein enclosure consuming further comprises, providing said prime manifold enclosure for fluent material(s) distribution and consumption with respect to said creation of said matrices and establishment of egress orientation and ingress orientations, said fluent material(s) comprises water for injection based aseptic fluent material(s) mixed with a medicament, providing said prime manifold enclosure for waste material(s) ingress consumption and disposal with respect to creation of said matrices and establishment of said egress orientation and said ingress orientation, said matrices to include dissociating said enclosure from said egress orientation with respect to said receptacles.

25. The method of claim 11 wherein said enclosure comprises a pour bottle, said conduit comprises a suction tubing, said suction tubing being adapted to be connected at one end to said pour bottle, said suction tubing being adapted to be connected at the other end to a suction tip , said enclosure being adapted to provide an aseptic fluent material during said supply chain matrix, said enclosure being adapted to ingress waste fluent material during said disposal chain matrix, said matrices being adapted to expand consumption of said enclosure.

26. A method of claim 11 wherein said enclosure comprises a pour bottle, said pour bottle being adapted to be consumed during said supply chain and disposal chain matrices, said matrices to include creating flow of waste materials along said disposal chain matrix after said dissociation, said pour bottle being adapted to provide an aseptic fluent material prior to said dissociation, said pour bottle consumption expanded during said matrices, said enclosure being adapted to ingress waste material(s) during said disposal chain matrices, said waste material ingress occurring after said dissociation, said enclosure being adapted to provide irrigation solution prior to said dissociation, said matrices being provided to ascertain and establish said enclosure consumption expansion.

27. The method of claim 1 wherein said enclosure further comprises an intravenous solution container, said first conduit further comprises an intravenous solution tubing, said tubing having a spike at one end, said tubing being adapted to be connected at the other end to a vascular access catheter, said tubing being interposed between said container and said catheter prior to said dissociation, said tubing interposition being provided to establish fluent material(s) flow, said second conduit further comprises a urinary drainage tubing, said urinary drainage tubing being adapted to be connected at one end to a urinary drainage catheter, said urinary drainage tubing being adapted to be connected at the other end to said intravenous solution container, said urinary drainage tubing being interposed between said intravenous solution container and said urinary drainage catheter after said dissociation during said disposal chain matrix.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein establishing supply chain and disposal chain matrices further includes monitoring of patient fluid volume changes by ascertainment of fluent material egress volume before said dissociation during said supply chain matrix, said monitoring to further include ascertainment of waste material(s) ingress after said dissociation during said disposal chain matrix.

29. The method of claim 1 wherein establishing supply chain and disposal chain matrices includes monitoring patient fluid volume changes, said volume changes being monitored by ascertainment of fluent materials egress volumes prior to said dissociation during said supply chain matrix, said volume changes being monitored by ascertainment of waste material(s) ingress volumes after said dissociation during establishment of said egress orientation and said ingress orientation.

30. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure egresses water for injection based fluent material(s) during said first matrix, said enclosure being adapted to be connected to a suction tubing after said dissociation, a suction tubing being interposed between said enclosure and a suction tip .

31. The method of claim 10 wherein said fluent material(s) comprises an aseptic liquid, said liquid being adapted to be provided in an intravenous solution container, said liquid provided prior to said dissociation during said supply chain matrix, said intravenous solution container provided to ingress waste materials during said ingress orientation, said ingress orientation being adapted to be ingressing said waste materials after said dissociation.

32. The method of claim 10 wherein said enclosure further comprises a dispensing container, said supply chain matrix creation provides establishment of fluent material dispensing prior to said dissociation, said dispensing container being provided to ingress waste material(s) during said ingress orientation, said waste material being adapted to be ingressed after said dissociation, said second conduit further comprises a suction tubing, said suction tubing being interposed between said dispensing container and a suction tip, a dispensing container consumption efficiency is increased by egressing said fluent materials, a dispensing container consumption efficiency is increased by said ingressing.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein said prime manifold enclosure egresses fluent material(s), said fluent material includes water for injection based fluid mixed with an anesthetic formulary, said first conduit further includes an intravenous solution tubing, said tubing provides flow of said fluid and said formulary during said supply chain matrix, said tubing being adapted to be interposed between said prime manifold enclosure and a vascular access catheter, said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to be disposed to provide waste material(s) ingress after said dissociation.

34. The method of claim 10 wherein said prime manifold enclosure is adapted to be spiked by an intravenous solution tubing, said tubing being adapted to be connected at one end to said prime manifold enclosure, said tubing being adapted to be connected at the other end to a vascular access catheter, said egress orientation to include a flow of an intravenous fluid mixed with an anesthetic agent, said prime manifold enclosure being disposed to be in communication with a urinary drainage catheter, said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to be connected to a suction tubing, said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to be disposed to ingress waste fluent material(s) after said dissociation, said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to establish said supply chain and said disposal chain matrices.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein application of differential pressure induces egress from said prime manifold enclosure before said dissociation, said application of differential pressure induces ingress after said dissociation.

36. The method of claim 11 wherein said waste materials ingress is moved by differential pressures induced by intermediate devices during said disposal matrix, said fluent material(s) egress is affected by the force of gravity, said enclosure egressing fluent materials prior to said dissociation during said supply chain matrix, said enclosure ingressing waste material(s) after said dissociation during said disposal chain matrix.

37. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to provide egress of said fluent materials into sterilized receptacle(s) for soaking instruments, said first fluent material comprises an aseptic liquid, said prime manifold enclosure being adapted to be disposed for collection of waste material(s) after said dissociation.

38. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure is applied after said dissociation to consumption and disposal in said disposal chain matrix said consumption includes ingressing waste materials, said enclosure being adapted to be in flow control adaptation with a plurality of waste material(s) sources, said flow being interposed between said sources and said enclosure.

39. The method of claim 1 wherein said fluent material egress orientation includes providing anesthetics prior to said dissociation during said matrices.

40. The method of claim 10 wherein said fluent material egress orientation includes administration of medicaments, said orientation being adapted to provide said medicaments prior to said dissociation, said enclosure being adapted to be disposed to ingress waste material(s) after said dissociation, said egress orientation and said ingress orientation being provided by creation and establishment of said matrices, said second conduit connected at one end to said enclosure, said second conduit connected at the other end to a suction tip.

41. The method of claim 10 wherein said supply chain matrices includes administration of medicament(s) during a continuum of steps of a health care procedure, said steps to include said fluent material enclosure being adapted to be in egress orientation prior to said dissociation, said enclosure being adapted to be in said ingress orientation after said dissociation.

42. The method of claim 11 wherein said waste material(s) ingressing includes a plurality of said enclosures, said pluralities of enclosures ingressing a plurality of said waste material(s), said pluralities of enclosures being adapted to be dissociated from a plurality of egress orientations during a plurality of said supply chain and disposal chain matrices, said plurality of said enclosure being adapted to be disposed in a plurality of said ingress orientations.

43. The method of claim 1 wherein said fluent material egress comprises gravity egressing of sterile liquid(s) during said supply chain matrix, said supply matrix being adapted to be in association with a continuum of steps related to health care procedures, said enclosure being adapted to be dissociated from said supply chain matrix, said steps to include said enclosure being adapted to be disposed to collect waste materials, said collection to include a second conduit.

44. The method of claim 11 wherein said first fluent material egress comprises gravity pouring of sterile water, said water being adapted to be poured prior to said dissociation, said pouring being adapted to be provided in association with continuum of steps related to health care procedures, said steps to include said enclosure being adapted to be disposed to ingress waste material during said disposal chain matrix.

45. The method of claim 10 wherein said prime manifold enclosure ingress being adapted to be provided after said dissociation, said ingress to include ingress of waste fluent materials, said enclosure being adapted to provide aseptic fluids during establishment of said supply chain matrices, said enclosure being adapted to be in flow control collection with the digestive system of a health care subject during said matrices.

46. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure ingresses said waste fluent materials, said enclosure ingressing said material(s) after said dissociation, said enclosure being adapted to be in flow control collection with waste material(s) emanating from an airway of a health care subject.

47. The method of claim 1 wherein waste materials being adapted to be in flow control adaptation between an alimentary canal system and said enclosure, said enclosure being adapted to provide inflow after said dissociation, said enclosure being adapted to provide said egress and said ingress during said matrices.

48. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure is provided in association with said waste materials ingress during said disposal chain matrix, said disposal chain matrix being adapted to be disposed after said dissociation, said ingressing further includes pluralities of said prime manifold enclosures ingressing pluralities of waste materials in flow control adaptations with a plurality of waste material(s) sources, said enclosures being adapted to be dissociated from pluralities of said egress orientations, said pluralities of said enclosure(s) being adapted to provide pluralities of said egresses, said enclosures being adapted to provide pluralities of said ingresses during establishment of said supply chain and said disposal chain matrices.

49. The method of claim 11 wherein said prime manifold enclosure is provided in association with said waste materials ingress during said disposal chain matrix said ingressing includes pluralities of prime manifold enclosures ingressing pluralities of waste materials, said pluralities of said enclosures being adapted to be disposed to collect waste after a plurality of dissociations from a plurality of supply chain matrices, said pluralities of prime manifold enclosures being disposed to ingress pluralities of waste materials, said waste materials being adapted in flow control along a pluralities of second conduits, said conduits being adapted to flow waste materials away from pluralities of different anatomic locations of a plurality of health care subjects, said prime manifold enclosures being disposed in pluralities of egress orientations, said prime manifold enclosures being disposed in pluralities of ingress orientations with respect to creation and establishment of pluralities of said egress and said ingress orientations.

50. The method of claim 10 wherein egressing said first fluent material from said prime manifold enclosure during establishment of said supply chain matrices includes providing anesthesia, said enclosure being provided to egress said fluent material(s) prior to said dissociation, said second conduit being interposed between said enclosure and said suction tip.

51. The method of claim 1 wherein egressing said first fluent material from said prime manifold enclosure includes providing anesthesia, said enclosure being provided to egress said fluent material(s) prior to said dissociation.

52. The method of claim 11 wherein egressing said first fluent material from said prime manifold enclosure includes providing medicaments, said enclosure being provided to egress said fluent material(s) prior to said dissociation.

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