1. A bag for medical use for infusing medication by gravity, comprising:
at least a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment configured to contain medication in the form of a solution and the second compartment configured to contain a rinsing solution,
a separationcommunication portion that separates the first compartment and the second compartment, and
a breakable device disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment,
wherein the separationcommunication portion further comprises a communication channel disposed at a first end of the bag above the second compartment when the bag is suspended vertically, and
an access port for an infusion line disposed at a second portion of the bag that is disposed at a bottom portion of the first compartment when the bag is suspended vertically,
wherein the breakable device prevents communication between the first compartment and the second compartment when not broken, and the breakable device allows communication between the first compartment and the second compartment via the communication channel when broken,
wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are juxtaposed,
wherein if the breakable device is broken, the rinsing solution is capable of flowing into the first compartment via the communication channel and flowing into an infusion line after the first compartment is almost emptied, the communication channel having an output side disposed at a height that substantially prevents the rinsing solution from entering the first compartment until after the first compartment is almost emptied of the medication solution, and
wherein the separationcommunication portion is configured to allow the rinsing solution to automatically flow into the first compartment via the communication channel when a pressure in the first compartment becomes negative with respect to a pressure in the second compartment under a siphon effect created by a fluid column height in the infusion line.
2. The bag according to claim 1, wherein the second compartment comprises a narrow area at the top of the bag.
3. The bag according to claim 1, further comprising means for preventing the flow path of the rinsing solution from being sealed completely when the bag flattens.
4. The bag according to claim 3, wherein said means for preventing the flow path of the rinsing solution from being sealed completely comprises a roughening of the surface of at least one of the faces of the bag.
5. The bag as claimed in claim 3, wherein said means for preventing the flow path of the rinsing solution from being sealed completely comprises a channel made by thermoforming.
6. The bag according to claim 1, wherein the bag is flexible.
7. The bag according to claim 1, wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are separated by a substantially vertical wall.
8. The bag according to claim 1, wherein the second compartment has a volume of approximately 10 ml.
9. The bag according to claim 1, wherein the height that substantially prevents the rinsing solution from entering the first compartment until after the first compartment is almost emptied of the medication solution is a location above a fill level of the medication solution in the first compartment.
10. A bag for medical use for infusing medication by gravity, comprising:
a first compartment configured to contain a first solution,
a second compartment configured to contain a second solution, the second compartment being separate from the first compartment,
wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are adjacent to one another,
a separation portion that separates the first compartment and the second compartment from each other,
a communication channel configured to communicate between the first compartment and the second compartment, the communication channel being disposed at a first end of the bag above the second compartment when the bag is suspended vertically,
wherein the communication channel has an inlet side and an outlet side, the inlet side in communication with the second compartment and the outlet side in communication with the first compartment, and
wherein the outlet side of the communication channel is disposed at a height that substantially prevents the second solution to be outputted from the outlet side from entering the first compartment until after the first compartment is almost emptied of the first solution,
an access port for an infusion line disposed at a second end of the bag that is disposed at a bottom portion of the first compartment when the bag is suspended vertically, the infusion line being in communication with the first compartment,
a breakable device in communication with the communication channel and being disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment,
wherein the breakable device is configured to prevent communication between the first compartment and the second compartment when intact, and the breakable device is configured to allow communication between the first compartment and the second compartment via the communication channel when broken, and
wherein, if the breakable device is broken and a pressure in the first compartment becomes negative with respect to a pressure in the second compartment, the communication channel is configured to automatically allow the second solution to flow into the first compartment and the infusion line.
11. A bag for medical use for infusing medication by gravity, comprising:
a first compartment configured to contain a first solution,
a second compartment configured to contain a second solution, the second compartment being separate from the first compartment,
wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are adjacent to one another,
a separation portion that separates the first compartment and the second compartment from each other,
a communication channel configured to communicate between the first compartment and the second compartment, the communication channel being disposed at a first end of the bag above the second compartment when the bag is suspended vertically,
wherein the communication channel has an inlet side and an outlet side, the inlet side in communication with the second compartment and the outlet side in communication with the first compartment, and
wherein the outlet side of the communication channel is disposed at a height that is configured such that the second solution to be outputted from the outlet side will enter the first compartment at a height above a fill level of the first solution,
an access port for an infusion line disposed at a second end of the bag that is disposed at a bottom portion of the first compartment when the bag is suspended vertically, the infusion line being in communication with the first compartment,
a breakable device in communication with the communication channel and being disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment,
wherein the breakable device is configured to prevent communication between the first compartment and the second compartment when intact, and the breakable device is configured to allow communication between the first compartment and the second compartment via the communication channel when broken, and
wherein, if the breakable device is broken and a pressure in the first compartment becomes negative with respect to a pressure in the second compartment, the communication channel is configured to automatically allow the second solution to flow into the first compartment and the infusion line.
12. The bag according to claim 11, wherein
the height of the output side of the communication channel substantially prevents the second solution to be outputted from the outlet side from entering the first compartment until after the first compartment is almost emptied of the first solution.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electronic system, comprising:
a first electronic circuit;
a second electronic circuit;
a resonant LC circuit having a resonance frequency for coupling the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit, each electronic circuit configured to provide a signal at the resonance frequency to be transmitted to the other electronic circuit through the LC circuit;
wherein the LC circuit includes an interdigitated capacitor having at least one first capacitor plate included in the first electronic circuit and at least one second capacitor plate included in the second electronic circuit, a first inductor included in the first electronic circuit, the at least one capacitor plate of the first electronic circuit being coupled with one of the electronic circuits through the inductor.
2. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic circuit is integrated in a first chip and the second electronic circuit is integrated in a second chip distinct from the first chip, and wherein the inductor and the capacitor of each electronic circuit are integrated in the corresponding chip.
3. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit are integrated in a first region and a second region, respectively, of a common chip, the first region being insulated from the second region.
4. The electronic system according to claim 1, further including at least one dielectric layer arranged between the at least one first capacitor plate and the at least one second capacitor plate.
5. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one dielectric layer embeds conductive particles.
6. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein at least one capacitor plate includes a conductive longitudinal strip, and a plurality of conductive transversal strips extending from the longitudinal strip.
7. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein at least one capacitor plate has a non-planar structure with a plurality of depressions.
8. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein at least one capacitor plate extends around the corresponding inductor means in a plan view.
9. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein each electronic circuit includes an inductor and is further configured to provide a further signal at a further frequency to be transmitted to the other electronic circuit andor for receiving the further signal from the other electronic circuit, the further frequency being equal to or different from the resonance frequency.
10. The electronic system according to claim 1, wherein at least one first capacitor plate has a convex profile matching a concave profile of a corresponding second capacitor plate.
11. A method for transmitting signals in an electronic system from a first electronic circuit to a second electronic circuit, wherein the method includes the steps of:
coupling the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit through a resonant LC circuit having a resonance frequency,
transmitting a signal at the resonance frequency from the first electronic circuit to the second electronic circuit through the LC circuit, and
wherein the step of coupling the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit through a resonant LC circuit includes:
coupling at least one first capacitor plate included in the first electronic circuit and at least one second capacitor plate included in the second electronic circuit to form a capacitor, a portion of the capacitor with a first inductor included in the first electronic circuit and disposed within turns of an inductor winding.
12. An electronic system, comprising:
a first electronic circuit;
a second electronic circuit;
a resonant LC circuit having a resonance frequency for coupling the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit, each electronic circuit configured for receiving a signal at the resonance frequency from the other electronic circuit through the LC circuit,
wherein the LC circuit includes an interdigitated capacitor having at least one first capacitor plate included in the first electronic circuit and at least one second capacitor plate included in the second electronic circuit, and a first inductor included in the first electronic circuit, the at least one capacitor plate of the first electronic circuit being coupled with the first electronic circuit through the inductor.
13. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electronic circuit having a first signal node; and
a first conductive electrode coupled to the first signal node and configured to form a first capacitor with a second conductive electrode that is coupled to a second signal node of a second electronic circuit such that a first signal may propagate between the first and second signal nodes via the capacitor;
further comprising:
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode;
wherein the inductor includes a winding having turns; and
wherein the first conductive electrode includes a portion disposed between the turns of the winding.
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electronic circuit having a first signal node; and
a first conductive electrode coupled to the first signal node and configured to form a first capacitor with a second conductive electrode that is coupled to a second signal node of a second electronic circuit such that a first signal may propagate between the first and second signal nodes via the capacitor;
further comprising:
a ferromagnetic material; and
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode and having a portion disposed around the ferromagnetic material.
15. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electronic circuit having a first signal node; and
a first nonplanar conductive electrode coupled to the first signal node and configured to form a first capacitor with a second conductive electrode that is coupled to a second signal node of a second electronic circuit such that a first signal may propagate between the first and second signal nodes via the capacitor;
wherein the first conductive electrode comprises an interdigitated electrode.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
wherein the first electronic circuit has a third signal node; and
a third conductive electrode coupled to the third signal node and configured to form a second capacitor with a fourth conductive electrode that is coupled to a fourth signal node of the second electronic circuit such that a second signal may propagate between the third and fourth signal nodes via the second capacitor.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising an inductor serially coupled between the third signal node and the third conductive electrode.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode and disposed around a portion of the first conductive electrode.
20. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
a semiconductor die; and
wherein the first electronic circuit and the first conductive electrode are disposed on the die.
21. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the first conductive electrode is disposed within at least one trench.
22. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a dielectric disposed adjacent to the first conductive electrode.
23. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a dielectric disposed adjacent to the first conductive electrode, the dielectric including at least one electrically conductive particle.
24. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
a substrate; and
wherein the first conductive electrode protrudes from the substrate.
25. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode;
wherein the inductor includes a winding; and
wherein the first conductive electrode is disposed over the winding.
26. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode;
wherein the inductor includes a winding; and
wherein the first conductive electrode is disposed adjacent to the winding.
27. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
a substrate; and
wherein the first electronic circuit and the first conductive electrode are disposed on the substrate.
28. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:
an inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode; and
wherein the first conductive electrode includes a portion that is disposed around the inductor.
29. A system, comprising:
a first apparatus including
a first electronic circuit having a first signal node;
a first conductive electrode in the first electronic circuit and electrically coupled to the first signal node; and
a first inductor serially coupled between the first signal node and the first conductive electrode and having a portion disposed around a ferromagnetic material; and
a second apparatus including
a second electronic circuit having a second signal node; and
a second conductive electrode electronically coupled to the second signal node and forming a first capacitor with the first conductive electrode.
30. The system of claim 29 wherein the second apparatus further includes a second inductor serially coupled between the second signal node and the second conductive electrode.
31. The system of claim 29 wherein the second apparatus further includes a second inductor serially coupled between the second signal node and the second conductive electrode and magnetically coupled to the first inductor.
32. The system of claim 29 wherein:
the second electronic circuit further includes a third signal node; and
the second apparatus further includes a second inductor electrically coupled to the third signal node and magnetically coupled to the first inductor.
33. The system of claim 29 wherein the first and second apparatuses are disposed on a same integrated-circuit die.
34. The system of claim 29 wherein the first and second apparatuses are disposed on respective integrated-circuit dies.
35. The system of claim 29 wherein the first and second apparatuses are disposed on a same substrate.
36. The system of claim 35 wherein the substrate comprises a semiconductor substrate.
37. The system of claim 35 wherein the substrate comprises a printed circuit board.
38. The system of claim 29 wherein the first and second apparatuses are disposed on respective substrates.
39. The system of claim 29 wherein:
the first apparatus further includes
the first electronic circuit having a third signal node;
a third conductive electrode electrically coupled to the third signal node; and
the second apparatus further includes
the second electronic circuit having a fourth signal node; and
a fourth conductive electrode electronically coupled to the fourth signal node and forming a second capacitor with the third conductive electrode.
40. The system of claim 39 wherein the first apparatus further includes a second inductor serially coupled between the third signal node and the third conductive electrode.
41. The system of claim 39 wherein the second apparatus further includes a second inductor serially coupled between the fourth signal node and the fourth conductive electrode.
42. A method, comprising:
conducting a first signal having a first frequency with a first inductor and a first conductive electrode wherein the first electrode includes a winding having turns such that the first conductive electrode is disposed in the turns;
capacitively coupling the signal between the first conductive electrode in a first electronic circuit and a second conductive electrode that forms a capacitor with the first conductive electrode, a resonant frequency corresponding to a combination of the inductor and the capacitor being approximately equal to the frequency of the signal.
43. The method of claim 42, further comprising:
generating the signal with a first circuit that is disposed on first platform with, and that is electrically coupled to, the inductor and first conductive electrode; and
receiving the signal with a second circuit that is disposed on a second platform with, and that is electrically coupled to, the second conductive electrode.
44. The method of claim 42, further comprising:
generating the signal with a first circuit that is disposed on a first platform with, and that is electrically coupled to, the second conductive electrode; and
receiving the signal with a second circuit that is disposed on a second platform with, and that is electrically coupled to, the inductor and first conductive electrode.
45. The method of claim 42 wherein conducting the signal comprises conducting the signal with a series combination of the inductor and the first conductive electrode.
46. The method of claim 42, further comprising magnetically coupling the signal from the first inductor to a second inductor that is electrically coupled to the second conductive electrode, the resonant frequency corresponding to a combination of the first and second inductors and the capacitor being approximately equal to the frequency of the signal.
47. The method of claim 42, further comprising magnetically coupling the signal from the first inductor to a second inductor that is electrically uncoupled from the second conductive electrode.
48. The method of claim 42, further comprising:
conducting a second signal having a second frequency with a second inductor and a third conductive electrode; and
capacitively coupling the second signal between the third conductive electrode and a fourth conductive electrode that forms a second capacitor with the third conductive electrode, a second resonant frequency corresponding to a combination of the second inductor and the second capacitor being approximately equal to the second frequency of the second signal.
49. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electronic circuit having a first signal node;
an inductor having a winding with turns and a first node coupled to the signal node and having a second node; and
a first conductive electrode disposed in the turns of the winding and coupled to the second node of the inductor and configured to form a first capacitor with a second conductive electrode that is coupled to a second signal node of a second electronic circuit such that a first signal may propagate between the first and second signal nodes via the inductor and capacitor.
50. An apparatus, comprising:
a first electronic circuit having first and second signal nodes;
a first interdigitated conductive electrode coupled to the first signal node and configured to form a first interdigitated capacitor with a second interdigitated conductive electrode that is coupled to a third signal node of a second electronic circuit such that a first signal may propagate between the first and third signal nodes via the first capacitor;
an inductor having a first node coupled to the second signal node and having a second node; and
a third conductive electrode coupled to the second node of the inductor and configured to form a second capacitor with a fourth conductive electrode that is coupled to a fourth signal node of the second electronic circuit such that a second signal may propagate between the third and fourth signal nodes via the inductor and the second capacitor.