Needle-free injection device
First Claim
1. A filling cap for use in a needle-free injection system comprising a vial-engagement portion and a needle-free syringe-engagement portion, with a frangible portion extending therebetween, the vial-engagement portion designed to removably engage a vial of fluid to be transferred into a needle-free syringe, the needle-free syringe-engagement portion designed to nonremovably engage an needle-free syringe.
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a filling cap for use in a needle-free injection system. The filling cap includes a vial-engagement portion and a needle-free syringe-engagement portion with a frangible portion extending therebetween. The vial-engagement portion is designed to removably engage a vial of fluid to be transferred into a needle-free syringe, and the needle-free syringe-engagement portion is designed to nonremovably engage a needle-free syringe.
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63 Claims
- 1. A filling cap for use in a needle-free injection system comprising a vial-engagement portion and a needle-free syringe-engagement portion, with a frangible portion extending therebetween, the vial-engagement portion designed to removably engage a vial of fluid to be transferred into a needle-free syringe, the needle-free syringe-engagement portion designed to nonremovably engage an needle-free syringe.
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13. A method for filling a needle-free injector with injection fluid comprising the following steps, but not necessarily in the order recited:
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selecting a needle-free syringe having an injection orifice at one end;
selecting a vial with injection fluid therein;
mounting one end of a vial adaptor to the vial such that a second end of the vial adapter faces away from the vial;
selecting a filling cap with one end complementing the configuration of the one end of the needle-free syringe and the other end complimenting the configuration of the second end of the vial adaptor, and having a frangible portion disposed between the two ends;
nonremovably fixing the one end of the filling cap to the one end of the needle-free syringe;
mounting the other end of the filling cap to the second end of the vial adaptor;
transferring injection fluid from the vial to the needle-free syringe; and
breaking the frangible portion of the filling cap without removing the one end from the needle-free syringe. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A needle-free syringe for use in a needle-free injection system comprising:
a needle-free syringe body that is open on one end and includes an injection orifice at a second end;
a plunger disposed in the open end of the needle-free syringe body for drawing injection fluid into and driving injection fluid out of the needle-free syringe body via the injection orifice; and
a filling cap frangibly mounted to the second end of the needle-free syringe body and having an outwardly-extending recess for receiving an outwardly-extending portion of a vial adapter mounted to an injection-fluid-containing vial. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A needle-free injection system comprising:
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an injector body;
a trigger system disposed on the body for firing the injector;
a needle-free syringe to be positioned within the body, the needle-free syringe including an open end having a plunger positioned for drawing injection fluid into and driving injection fluid out of the needle-free syringe, and having a second end including an injection orifice;
a system for providing power to drive the plunger forward to drive injection fluid out of the injection orifice;
a filling system including a filling cap having one end that is frangibly mounted adjacent the second end of the needle-free syringe, radially outwardly of the injection orifice, the filling cap having another end defining a vial adapter mount for removably mounting the filling cap to a vial adapter that is positioned on a vial having injection fluid therein. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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42. A device for filling a needle-free syringe, comprising:
- a vial-engagement portion and a needle-free syringe-engagement portion, with a frangible portion extending therebetween, the vial-engagement portion designed to engage a vial of fluid to be filled into the needle-free syringe, the needle-free syringe-engagement portion designed to nonremovably engage an needle-free syringe.
- View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method for filling a needle-free syringe, comprising:
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selecting a needle-free syringe having an injection orifice and a fluid chamber with a plunger therein;
providing a device having a fluid channel, a vial-engagement portion and a needle-free syringe-engagement portion, with a frangible portion extending between the vial-engagement and needle-free syringe-engagement portions;
engaging the device with a vial having fluid therein to be passed into the syringe;
non-removably engaging the device with the syringe;
retracting the plunger to draw fluid into the syringe; and
breaking the device at the frangible portion while retaining the vial-engagement portion on the vial. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A needle-free syringe structure comprising:
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a syringe portion adjacent one end, the syringe portion including a fluid chamber for receiving injection fluid and holding it for injection, an injection orifice for permitting injection fluid to be injected therethrough from the fluid chamber during injection, and a plunger for drawing injection fluid into and forcing fluid out of the fluid chamber via the injection orifice;
a vial-engagement portion adjacent an opposite end of the syringe structure for engaging the mouth of a vial containing injection fluid; and
a frangible connection between the syringe portion and the vial-engagement portion, the frangible connection being adapted to be broken after the chamber has been filled with injection fluid to prepare the syringe structure for injection. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63)
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Specification