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Devices for transferring fluid to or from a vial

  • US 10,071,020 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2017
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for accessing medicinal fluid in a vial, the system comprising:

  • a connector configured to couple the system with the vial containing the medicinal fluid;

    a medical connector interface configured to be releasably placed in fluid communication with a syringe;

    an extractor channel configured to be in fluid communication with the medical connector interface and an extractor aperture, wherein the extractor aperture is configured to be inserted into the vial as a result of the connector being coupled with the vial, and wherein the extractor channel is configured to allow fluid to be transferred to and from the vial via the medical connector interface;

    a reservoir comprising sterilized gas, wherein the system is configured to ensure that the sterilized gas remains contained in the system and sterile up through coupling of the system with the vial, and wherein the system is configured to regulate pressure within the vial using the sterilized gas as a result of the medicinal fluid being removed from the vial via the extractor channel without permitting ambient air to be introduced into the vial; and

    a regulator channel configured to be in fluid communication with the reservoir and a regulator aperture, wherein the regulator aperture is configured to be inserted into the vial, and wherein the regulator channel is configured to allow the sterilized gas to move between the reservoir and the interior of the vial as a result of the system being coupled with the vial and at the same time that medicinal fluid is being introduced into or removed from the vial.

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