US 12,221,364 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for producing and packaging fluids
Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US); Hans Erik Johnson, Tewksbury, MA (US); Thaddeus Joseph Hughes, Manchester, NH (US); Michael J. Haynes, Manchester, NH (US); Margaret Bayne Bradley, Manchester, NH (US); Robert Houston Lawler, Jr., Manchester, NH (US); Gregory Hurley, Windham, NH (US); Keller Waldron, Manchester, NH (US); and Jeremy Shane Dube, Alton Bay, NH (US)
Assigned to DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/032,795.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,862, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,855, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,870, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155507 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. C02F 1/44 (2023.01); B65B 3/26 (2006.01); B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/14 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/441 (2013.01) [B65B 3/26 (2013.01); B65B 31/024 (2013.01); B65B 43/14 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2307/10 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A system for production and packaging of medical fluid comprising:
a source water input;
a water treatment assembly configured to generate water meeting a predefined quality specification using water received via the source water input;
a mixing circuit coupled to an output of the water treatment assembly and including a source of concentrate, the mixing circuit having at least one flow controller configured to adjust flow of fluid through the mixing circuit so as to generate a fluid of a predefined composition;
a reservoir dispenser configured to accept a plurality of reservoirs;
a filling station including an outlet in fluid communication with the mixing circuit and having an unfilled reservoir physical characteristic sensor;
an undesired fluid receptacle coupled to a conduit and displaceable from a stowed location to a receiving position, fluid from the outlet being dispensed into the undesired fluid receptacle when the undesired fluid receptacle is in the receiving position; and
a reservoir labeler.