INJECTION SAFETY SYSTEM

• US 20130012908A1
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alex Yeung, MJ & AJ Holdings Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alex Yeung, MJ & AJ Holdings Ltd.
• Inventors: Yeung, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 8,834,443 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/404
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1412 Containers with closing means, e.g. caps
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1487 with friction fit, e.g. connecting tubes directly to a protruding port
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/18 Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/00 General identification or selection means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6081 Colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/002 Closures to be pierced by an extracting-device for the contents and fixed on the container by separate retaining means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/245 provided with decoration, information or contents indicating devices, labels B65D81/366 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/023 Adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0273 Labels for bottles, flasks
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/04 to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion by a separate adhesive layer G09F3/10

Abstract

A kit of parts for an injection safety system comprises a vial comprising a container for storing an injectable substance, and an identifier removably secured to the container. The identifier comprises an indicium of the substance, and an engagement portion. The kit of parts further comprises a syringe for drawing the substance from the vial. The syringe comprises a mating engagement portion. The mating engagement portion is mateable with the engagement portion to secure the identifier to the syringe and transfer the identifier from the vial to the syringe.

Claims

1. A kit of parts for an injection safety system, the kit of parts comprising:

a) a vial comprising a container for storing an injectable substance, and an identifier removably secured to the container, the identifier comprising an indicium of the substance and an engagement portion;

b) a syringe for drawing the substance from the vial, the syringe comprising a mating engagement portion, the mating engagement portion mateable with the engagement portion to secure the identifier to the syringe and transfer the identifier from the vial to the syringe.

2. The kit of parts of claim 1, wherein the syringe comprises a needle and a barrel in fluid communication with the needle, and the mating engagement portion is securable to the engagement portion when the needle is inserted into the vial.

3. The kit of parts of claim 1, the container comprises a cap, and the cap is the identifier.

4. The kit of parts of claim 3, wherein the cap comprises an aperture extending therethrough, and an annular mount surrounding the aperture, the annular mount defining the engagement portion.

5. The kit of parts of claim 4, further comprising a cover removably received on the aperture.

6. The kit of parts of claim 5, wherein the cover comprises a label adhered to the cap over the aperture, and the label is removable from the cap and adherable to the syringe.

7. The kit of parts of claim 4, wherein the syringe comprises (i) a needle and a fitting secured to the needle, and (ii) a barrel and a mating fitting secured to the barrel, the mating fitting mateable with the fitting for removably securing the needle in fluid communication with the barrel.

8. The kit of parts of claim 7, wherein the fitting comprises the mating engagement portion.

9. The kit of parts of claim 8, wherein the needle is insertable into the vial via the aperture, and when the needle is inserted into the vial, the fitting is received in the annular mount.

10. The kit of parts of claim 9, wherein when the fitting is received in the annular mount, the outer surface of the fitting frictionally engages the annular mount to secure the cap to the fitting, and optionally the securing ring connecting the cap to the vial may be broken.

11. The kit of parts of claim 10 wherein when the fitting is removed from the aperture, the cap is removed from the vial and is retained on the fitting, optionally automatically or manually removed.

12. The kit of parts of claim 3, wherein the indicium comprises at least one of a color of the cap, a pattern on the cap, printing on the cap, embossing on the cap, and a label secured to the cap.

13. The kit of parts of claim 1, further comprising:

a second vial comprising a second container storing a second injectable substance, and a second identifier removably secured to the second container, the second identifier comprising a second indicium of the second substance and a second engagement portion.

14. The kit of parts of claim 13, wherein the second engagement portion is securable to the identifier such that when the needle is inserted into the second vial to draw the second substance from the vial, the second identifier is transferred from the second container to the syringe adjacent the first identifier.

24. The vial of claim 14, wherein the identifier is configured such that the engagement portion is mateable with the mating engagement portion when the needle is inserted into the vial,

25. The vial of claim 14, wherein the identifier is configured such that when a needle of the syringe is inserted into the vial to draw the substance from the vial, the identifier is automatically secured to the syringe, and manual assistance required to remove the identifier from the vial.

15. A vial for an injection safety system, the vial comprising:

a) a container for storing an injectable substance;

b) an identifier removably secured to the container and comprising an indicium of the substance and an engagement portion, the engagement portion mateable with a mating engagement portion of a syringe to secure the identifier to the syringe and transfer the identifier from the vial to the syringe.

16. The vial of claim 15, wherein the identifier comprises a cap for the container.

17. The vial of claim 16, wherein the cap comprises an aperture extending therethrough, and an annular mount surrounding the aperture, and the annular mount defines the engagement portion.

18. The vial of claim 17, further comprising a cover removably received on the aperture.

19. The vial of claim 18, wherein the cover comprises a label adhered on the cap over the aperture, and the label is removable from the cap and adherable to the syringe.

20. The vial of claim 16, wherein the indicium comprises at least one of a color of the cap, a pattern on the cap, printing on the cap, embossing on the cap, and a label secured to the cap.

21. The vial of claim 17, wherein a needle of the syringe comprises a fitting, the cap is configured such that the needle is insertable into the vial via the aperture, and when the needle is inserted into the vial, the fitting is received in the aperture.

22. The vial of claim 21, wherein the mount is configured to frictionally engage an outer surface of the fitting when the fitting is received in the aperture to secure the cap to the fitting.

23. The vial of claim 22, wherein the cap is configured to be removed from the vial and retained on the fitting when the fitting is withdrawn from the vial, optionally automatically or manually removed.

26. A vial for an injection safety system, the vial comprising:

a) a container for storing an injectable substance, the container comprising a body and a neck;

b) a pierceable seal sealing the neck;

e) a cap removably secured over the seal, the cap comprising an indicium of the substance and an aperture defined transversely therethrough;

d) a cover removably secured to the cap over the aperture.

27. The vial of claim 26, further comprising a breakable securing ring securing the cap to the seal.

28. A method for drawing an injectable substance into a syringe from a vial, the method comprising:

a) inserting a needle of the syringe into the vial, the vial having an identifier removably secured thereto;

b) engaging the syringe with the identifier to secure the identifier to the syringe;

c) withdrawing the needle from the vial and removing the identifier from the vial.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein step (c) comprises manually lifting the identifier off the vial.