Vial adapter and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9662271-B2
Application number	US-201013503508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2010
Priority date	Oct 23, 2009
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A vial adapter includes a base having first and second opposing sides, a spike depending from the first side of the base, the spike having a spike passageway, and a connector disposed on the second side of the base, the connector having a connector passageway that is in fluid communication with the spike passageway. The vial adapter may be combined with a vial.

First claim

We claim:

1. A system comprising:
a vial having a neck with a passage in the neck and a rim disposed adjacent the neck, a stopper disposed over the passage in the neck of the vial to control access through the passage into the vial, and a crimp ring disposed about the stopper and the rim to maintain the stopper fixed relative to the vial;
a vial adapter including:
a collar securely attached to the vial at the neck of the vial and having a continuous inner circumferential surface engaging the neck of the vial, the collar for receiving one of a pair of opposing axial forces to limit the movement of the stopper relative to the vial,
a plate for receiving another of the pair of axial opposing forces, the plate being axially spaced apart from the collar, and
a surface of the crimp ring abutting a surface of the collar and an opposite surface of the crimp ring abutting a surface of the plate; and

a spike configured to be advanced through a passage in the plate and penetrate the stopper after the collar is securely attached to the vial.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the collar comprises first and second C-shaped sections that are joined at opposing ends by one or more fasteners.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more fasteners are mating hooks.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the collar comprises first and second sections joined by a hinge at one pair of ends and by one or more fasteners at another pair of ends.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the hinge is a living hinge and the one or more fasteners are a tongue and groove fastener.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the inner circumferential surface of the collar is shaped to match a contour of a shoulder defining the neck of the vial and a contour of an outer surface of the crimp ring such that the collar fills the neck.

7. A method of operating a system comprising:
applying a force to a collar securely attached to a vial having a neck with a passage in the neck and a rim disposed adjacent the neck, a stopper disposed over the passage in the neck of the vial to control access through the passage into the vial, and a crimp ring disposed about the stopper and the rim to maintain the stopper fixed relative to the vial, the collar securely attached to vial at the neck of the vial; and
applying an opposing axial force to a plate, the plate being axially spaced from the collar, a surface of the crimp ring abutting a surface of the collar and an opposite surface of the crimp ring abutting a surface of the plate.

8. The method of operating a system according to claim 7 , further comprising advancing a spike into the stopper associated with the vial.

9. The method of operating a system of claim 7 , a portion of the crimp ring being positioned between the stopper and the plate.

10. The method of operating a system according to claim 7 , comprising advancing a needle through the stopper and into the vial while applying the force to the collar and applying the opposing force to the plate.

Assignees

• Holt Mark Dominis
• Cairns Alexander Stuart
• Amgen Inc

Inventors

• Holt Mark Dominis
• Cairns Alexander Stuart

Classifications

• A61J1/2089

  Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents (combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096) · CPC title

• A61J1/2051

  having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding · CPC title

• A61M2005/1581

  Right-angle needle-type devices · CPC title

• A61M1/14

  Dialysis systems; Artificial kidneys; Blood oxygenators (semi-permeable membranes characterised by the material, manufacturing processes therefor B01D71/00){; Reciprocating systems for treatment of body fluids, e.g. single needle systems for hemofiltration or pheresis} · CPC title

• A61J1/201 Primary

  having one piercing end · CPC title