US 7,320,398 B2
Device for storing and dispensing a free-flowing substance and method of making and using the device
Mathias Bertl, Wildsteig (Germany); Marc Peuker, Schondorf (Germany); and Gabriele Hager, Augsburg (Germany)
Assigned to 3M Espe AG, Seefeld (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/220,606
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2001, PCT No. PCT/EP01/02242
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 03, 2002,
PCT Pub. No. WO01/64544, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 07, 2001.
Claims priority of application No. 100 09 627 (DE), filed on Mar. 01, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2003/0038040 A1, Feb. 27, 2003
Int. Cl. B65D 69/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 206—229  [206/15.3; 206/63.5; 206/209] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first chamber formed by a first foil and a second foil;
a closed first receptacle in said first chamber;
a pouch; and
a first selectively-openable passage area disposed between said first chamber and said pouch, wherein
said receptacle is openable by applying pressure to said first foil and said second foil such that when opened, a first substance in said first receptacle becomes available to pass through said first chamber and said passage area into said pouch.