Fluid safety dispenser

• US 20120103470A1
• Filed: 01/18/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Accudial Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Accudial Pharmaceutical, Inc.
• Inventors: Terwilliger, Robert, Schlie, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/008,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20120103470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 141/346
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1437 Locking means requiring key or combination to open the container
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2037 having valve means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents

Abstract

A fluid safety dispenser system having a fluid storage container keyed to a fluid dispenser. The container having a valve body positionable in the opening of the container, the valve body having a plug member biased to allow fluid passage through the opening of the container when in a displaced position and to eliminate fluid passage through the opening of the container when the plug member is in a seated position. The keyed fluid dispenser assimilates a syringe and is releasably securable to the valve body for use in depressing the plug member by movement of a leaf spring when the keyed fluid dispenser is in position. The keyed fluid dispenser has indicia to provide for exact measurement and can be temporarily coupled to the container to provide ease of fluid transfer.

Claims

1. A fluid safety dispenser system comprising:

a container having a bottom, a top, and a continuous side wall therebetween for storage of fluids, said top having an opening formed from an inner side wall to provide a passageway for the fluids stored therein;

a valve body positionable in said opening, said valve body having a centrally disposed aperture;

a plug member constructed and arranged to seal said aperture,

means for biasing said plug member against said aperture to prevent fluids stored in said container from removal; and

a fluid dispenser formed from a vessel having a syringe, said vessel including a receptacle insert for displacing said plug from said aperture and drawing fluids from said container.

2. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein valve body is constructed and arranged to be sealingly secured to said opening of said container.

3. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said fluid dispenser includes measurement indicia to indicate the amount of fluid drawn from said container.

4. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said valve body and said plug member are preassembled as an assembly, said assembly insertable into said opening and sealing the fluids held within the container.

5. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 including a means for keying said fluid dispenser to said valve body.

6. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said plug member is a substantially round disk shaped member having a diameter, said diameter further defined by an outer edge wall securable to said valve body and an inner edge wall with at least one bridge support extending from said inner edge on one side to said inner edge on the opposite side;

and a plug element having a lower surface constructed and arranged to engage said bridge support and an upper surface sized to plug aperture, wherein said bridge support maintains said plug element in contact with said aperture to prevent fluid flow whereby displacement of said plug element allows fluid flow.

7. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said disk member and said plug element are constructed from a single piece of material and said plug element is folded onto said bridge support by a living hinge.

8. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said plug element is dome shaped with at least one channel formed along an upper surface thereof, said dome shape sized to plug said aperture, said channel facilitating fluid flow when said plug element is displaced.

9. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said valve member includes a ratchet means for unidirectional attachment to the container.

10. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said fluid dispenser includes a longitudinal flute positioned along an outer surface of the receptacle insert and said aperture includes at least one tang constructed and arranged to receive said flute.

11. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 10 wherein said flute includes a lateral offset, said lateral offset receptive to said tang for temporarily securing said fluid dispenser to said valve body.

12. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said fluid dispenser includes a tang along an outer surface of the receptacle insert and at least one flute extending along the length of said aperture constructed and arranged to receive said tang.

13. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 12 wherein said tang can pass through said aperture for placement along a lower surface of said valve body, said placement of said tang along the lower surface allowing for temporary securement of said fluid dispenser to said valve body.

14. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein an inner portion of said valve member is threaded for securement to a threaded container.

15. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said valve member is available to receive a cap.

16. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 15 wherein said lid is attached to said valve member by a living hinge.

18. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said fluid dispenser includes measurement indicia to indicate the amount of fluid drawn from said container.

19. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said valve body and said plug member are preassembled as an assembly, said assembly insertable into said opening and sealing the fluids held within the container.

17. A fluid safety dispenser system comprising:

a container having a bottom, a top, and a continuous side wall there between for storage of fluids, said top having an opening formed from an inner side wall to provide a passageway for the fluids stored therein and threads formed along an outer surface of said opening;

a valve body threadingly secured to said outer surface of said opening, said valve body having a centrally disposed aperture with at least one tang extending outwardly therefrom;

a plug member constructed and arranged to seal said aperture in said valve body;

a leaf spring for biasing said plug member against said aperture to prevent fluids stored in said container from removal; and

a fluid dispenser formed from a vessel having a syringe, said vessel including a receptacle insert for displacing said plug from said aperture and drawing fluids from said container, said fluid dispenser having a longitudinal flute positioned along an outer surface of said receptacle insert constructed and arranged to receive said tang.

20. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 17 wherein said flute includes a lateral offset, said lateral offset receptive to said tang for temporarily securing said fluid dispenser to said valve body.

21. A fluid safety dispenser system comprising:

a container having a bottom, a top, and a continuous side wall there between for storage of fluids, said top having an opening formed from an inner side wall to provide a passageway for the fluids stored therein and threads formed along an outer surface of said opening;

a valve body threadingly secured to said outer surface of said opening, said valve body having a centrally disposed aperture with at least one flute extending the length of said aperture;

a plug member constructed and arranged to seal said aperture in said valve body;

a leaf spring for biasing said plug against said aperture to prevent fluids stored in said container from removal; and

a fluid dispenser formed from a vessel having a syringe, said vessel including a receptacle insert for displacing said plug from said aperture and drawing fluids from said container, said fluid dispenser having at least one tang positioned along an outer surface of said receptacle insert constructed and arranged to cooperate with said flute.

22. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 21 wherein said fluid dispenser includes measurement indicia to indicate the amount of fluid drawn from said container.

23. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 21 wherein said valve body and said plug member are preassembled as an assembly, said assembly insertable into said opening and sealing the fluids held within the container.

24. The fluid safety dispenser system as set forth in claim 21 wherein said tang is available for temporarily securing said fluid dispenser to said valve body.