Syringe safety device
First Claim
1. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe having a barrel for receiving fluid and a luer cone extending from the barrel for dispensing the fluid therethrough, the luer cone having a distal end with a syringe orifice therethrough, the syringe safety device comprising:
- a connector including a vial end and a syringe end, the syringe removably mountable to the syringe end and the vial being mountable to the vial end;
a tip cap removably mounted to the luer cone of the syringe, the tip cap and the distal end defining an open receiving space therebetween; and
a needle removably mounted to the connector, the needle including a needle tip facing toward the syringe in an assembled configuration, the needle tip being positioned in the receiving space when the connector and syringe are positioned in an engaged position.
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Abstract
A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe having a barrel for receiving fluid and a luer cone extending from the barrel for dispensing the fluid therethrough. The luer cone has a distal end with a syringe orifice therethrough. A connector includes a vial end and a syringe end. The syringe is removably mountable to the syringe end and the vial is mountable to the vial end. A tip cap is removably mounted to the luer cone of the syringe. The tip cap and the distal end define an open receiving space therebetween. A needle is removably mounted to the connector. The needle includes a needle tip facing toward the syringe in an assembled configuration. The needle tip is positioned in the receiving space when the connector and syringe are positioned in an engaged position.
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Citations
54 Claims
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1. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe having a barrel for receiving fluid and a luer cone extending from the barrel for dispensing the fluid therethrough, the luer cone having a distal end with a syringe orifice therethrough, the syringe safety device comprising:
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a connector including a vial end and a syringe end, the syringe removably mountable to the syringe end and the vial being mountable to the vial end;
a tip cap removably mounted to the luer cone of the syringe, the tip cap and the distal end defining an open receiving space therebetween; and
a needle removably mounted to the connector, the needle including a needle tip facing toward the syringe in an assembled configuration, the needle tip being positioned in the receiving space when the connector and syringe are positioned in an engaged position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tip cap for a syringe that limits contact between the syringe and a needle tip wherein the needle tip penetrates the tip cap to one of dispense medication our of the syringe and draw medication into the syringe, the syringe including a luer cone extending from a barrel, the tip cap comprising:
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a penetration wall; and
a generally cylindrical sleeve extending generally perpendicularly from the penetration wall adjacent a periphery of the penetration wall, the cylindrical sleeve including a radially inwardly extending locating shoulder on an inner surface located a predetermined distance from the penetration wall, the locating shoulder engaging an end of the luer cone in an operating position, the penetration wall, cylindrical sleeve and luer cone defining a receiving space within which the needle tip is positionable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A syringe safety device for transferring or mixing medications between a syringe and a vial, the syringe safety device comprising:
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a connector including a vial end and a syringe end, the syringe being removably mountable to the syringe end and the vial being mountable to the vial end;
a tip cap removably mountable to a luer cone of the syringe; and
at least one needle penetrating the tip cap in an engaged position and forming at least a portion of a fluid passageway between the syringe and vial, the tip cap being retained on the luer cone when a fluid has been transferred through the fluid passageway and the syringe is removed from the syringe end. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for transferring medication between a syringe having a tip cap mounted thereon and a vial, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) penetrating the tip cap with a needle to create a fluid passageway between the syringe and vial;
b) drawing a medication from the vial, through the passageway and into the syringe; and
c) removing the needle from the tip cap, the tip cap being retained on the syringe. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of distributing a syringe safety device having a syringe with a luer cone and a plunger, a vial and a fluid transfer assembly, the fluid transfer assembly including a connector, a sliding piston and a sliding linkage, a needle and spike being mounted to opposing ends of the sliding linkage, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) at least partially filling the syringe with a diluent;
b) mounting a tip cap to the luer cone;
c) shipping the syringe with tip cap thereon to a remote location;
d) assembling the syringe with the fluid transfer assembly; and
e) delivering the assembled syringe and fluid transfer assembly to an end user. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of mixing a diluent and a powdered medication using a fluid transfer assembly, the fluid transfer assembly including a connector, a sliding piston, a sliding linkage with a needle and a spike, the fluid transfer assembly being assembled along a connector axis, the diluent being contained in a syringe having a tip cap mounted on a luer cone of the syringe and the powdered medication being contained in a vial, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) mounting the syringe to a syringe end of the fluid transfer assembly such that the syringe is movable relative to the fluid transfer assembly;
(b) mounting the vial to a vial end of the fluid transfer assembly;
(c) moving the syringe a first distance along the connector axis in an engaging direction at least until the needle penetrates the tip cap and is in fluid communication with the diluent;
(d) moving the syringe a second distance along the connector axis in the engaging direction at least until the spike is in fluid communication with the vial creating a fluid passageway between the syringe and vial;
(e) dispensing the diluent into the vial through the sterile fluid passageway;
(f) mixing the diluent and powdered medication in the vial, resulting in a medication solution;
(g) drawing the medication solution through the sterile fluid passageway into the syringe; and
(h) removing the syringe from the syringe end with the tip cap mounted on the syringe. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe, the syringe safety device comprising:
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a connector for receiving the sealed vial and syringe at opposite ends thereof, the connector defining a connector axis;
a sliding linkage movably mounted within the connector, the sliding linkage being movable along the connector axis;
a needle mounted to a first side of the sliding linkage on the connector axis; and
a spike mounted to a second side of the sliding linkage on the connector axis, at least one of the spike and the needle including a first luer lock connector that releasably mounts to a second luer lock connector of the sliding linkage. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a vial and a syringe, the syringe safety device comprising:
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a connector having a syringe end and a vial end, the connector defining a connector axis, the syringe being removably mountable to the syringe end and the vial being mountable to the vial end; and
a spike movably mounted to the connector, the spike being movable along the connector axis, a penetration end of the spike facing the vial end for piercing a stopper of the vial in an engaged position, the penetration end having a generally figure eight-shaped cross-sectional configuration. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a vial and a syringe, the vial having a head defining a peripheral rim, the syringe safety device comprising:
a connector having a syringe end and a vial end, the connector defining a connector axis, the syringe being releasably mountable to the syringe end and the vial being mountable to the vial end, the connector having a generally cylindrical-shape, the connector including a lock window adjacent the vial end, a vial lock extending toward the connector axis into the lock window from a root end adjacent the vial end to a terminal end, the terminal end being in engagement with the peripheral rim when the vial is mounted to the vial end. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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