US 11,793,722 B2
Valve unit for a system for producing a medical preparation
Martin Biehl, Bad Homburg (DE); Michael Hock, Bad Homburg (DE); Lothar Tiedemann, Tornesch (DE); and Klaus Buettner, Tornesch (DE)
Assigned to Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Appl. No. 16/641,293
Filed by Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 22, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/072638
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/038318, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17187513 (EP), filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306139 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 3/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 3/002 (2013.01) [A61J 1/2062 (2015.05); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve unit for a system for producing a medical preparation for parenteral nutrition, the valve unit comprising
a housing having a plurality of inlets and an outlet and
a plurality of valves, wherein each of the valves in the plurality of valves connects two of the inlets of the plurality of inlets of the housing to the outlet of the housing,
wherein each of the valves of the plurality of valves is a three-way valve that is connectable to the outlet of the housing,
wherein the inlets of the housing are disposed on a lateral wall of the housing
whereby, when source containers are connected to the inlets of the housing, each of the valves from the plurality of valves connects two of the source containers to the outlet of the housing via two of the inlets of the housing.