Syringe device fixable on a flask

• US 6,280,430 B1
• Filed: 05/01/1997
• Issued: 08/28/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Debiotech S.A.
• Original Assignee: Debiotech S.A.
• Inventors: Neftel, Frédéric, Bouvier, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, ANH TUAN TUONG
• Application Number:
  US08/836,735
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: 604/411, 604/414, 604/198, 604/192, 604/201, 604/253, 604/190, 604/905, 604/183, 141/19, 141/383, 141/329, 141/330, 141/1, 141/2, 141/18, 206/365, 206/363
• US Class Current: 604/411
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2051 having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2065 having aligning and guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2075 for external venting
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2082 for gas filtration
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 604/905 Aseptic connectors or couplings, e.g. frangible, piercable

Abstract

An assembly comprising a flanged flask and a syringe device fixable thereto is provided. The syringe device includes a guide member for cooperating with the body of the flask. The guide member includes a first end with an internal guide surface at its terminal portion and a fastening mechanism set back from the internal guide surface. The internal guide surface cooperates with the cylindrical body of the flask and the fastening mechanism attached to the flange of the flask. A second end of the guide member provides translational guidance to a syringe.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising:

a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening;

a syringe device suitable for fixing on the flask, the syringe device including a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion being provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on the cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide part, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed to a first end of the syringe body, said needle being moveable together with the syringe body and being unconnected to said guide part to move independently of said guide part, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for cooperatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said first end of said guide part includes a second internal guide surface suitable for cooperating with the side face of the flange of the flask, said fastening means being disposed between said first guide surface and said internal guiding means.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said internal guiding means include sealing means for providing sealing between the inside face of said guide part and the body of said syringe.

4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein said sealing means include a sealing ring whose outside face co-operates with said guide part and whose inside face co-operates with said syringe body.

5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein said sealing ring is constrained to move in translation with said syringe while said syringe is being engaged into said guide part.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said syringe body includes annular ribs projecting from said syringe body for co-operating with the inside face of said guide part.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said guide part includes abutment forming means to limit the extent to which said syringe can be engaged in said guide part.

9. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the needle is spaced from the puncturable plug on the flask when the syringe is in the first position and when the guide part is fastened to the flask by the fastening means.

10. A syringe device suitable for fixing on a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening, the syringe device comprising:

a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on the cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide member, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed at a first end of the syringe body, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for co-operatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask,

wherein said internal guiding means include sealing means for providing sealing between the inside face of said guide part and the body of said syringe, said sealing means including a sealing ring whose outside face cooperates with said guide part and whose inside face cooperates with said syringe body, and said guide part including single-direction locking means towards its second end and cooperating with said sealing ring to hold said sealing ring and said guide part together and to allow said sealing ring only to be engaged in said guide part.

11. A syringe device suitable for fixing on a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening, the syringe device comprising:

a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on the cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide member, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed at a first end of the syringe body, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for cooperatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask,

wherein said guide part includes at least a first guide face formed in the inside face of said guide part to cooperate with a portion of the body of the syringe, and reversible snap fastening means for temporarily securing said syringe to said guide part while said syringe is filly engaged in said guide part.

12. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said internal guiding means include a second guide face formed in the inside face of the guide part for co-operating with another portion of the body of said syringe.

13. A syringe device suitable for fixing on a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening, the syringe device comprising:

a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on the cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide member, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed at a first end of the syringe body, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for cooperatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask,

wherein the first end of said guide part is provided with an annular rib surrounding a central orifice whereby said rib is pressed against the plug of said flask when the fastening means co-operate with said flask.

8. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said guide part further includes, facing said orifice, a part made of porous material.

14. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said guide part includes a plate element disposed substantially perpendicularly to the direction of displacement of the syringe and in which said central orifice is formed, the face of said plate directed towards the first end of said guide part being provided with said projecting annular rib surrounding said central orifice.

15. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein the fastening means include snap-fastening means suitable for co-operating with the face of the flange of the flask opposite from the face of the flange that receives said plug.

16. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said central orifice is defined by a part that is added on and mounted in said first end of the guide part, said add-on part including a sleeve-shaped portion with one end that is flared, and a portion defining said annular rib surrounding said orifice.

17. The assembly according to claim 13, further including a puncturable membrane closing said central orifice.

18. The assembly according to claim 13, further including a thin film whose periphery is fixed in sealed manner to the inside wall of the first end of said guide part in its portion which extends between said fastening means and said central orifice, said film having tear starters, whereby said film is opened under the action of the plug of said flask when the syringe device is mounted on said flask.

19. A syringe device suitable for fixing on a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening, the syringe device comprising:

a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on the cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide member, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed at a first end of the syringe body, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for cooperatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask, and

further including a removable cap fixed in said first end of the guide part.

20. A syringe device suitable for fixing on a flask having a cylindrical body, the flask including an opening surrounded by a flange provided with a side face and a puncturable plug closing said opening, the syringe device comprising:

a guide part having a first open end provided with a terminal portion, a common portion and a second open end, the terminal portion provided with a first cylindrical internal guide surface for cooperatively resting on a cylindrical flask body and with fastening means located between the first cylindrical internal guide surface and the common portion of the guide member, the fastening means being activatable to cooperate with a flange disposed on the flask when the guide part is connected to the flask to fasten the guide part to the flask; and

a syringe having a body and a needle fixed at a first end of the syringe body, the common portion of the guide part provided with internal guiding means for cooperatively guiding the body of the syringe when the syringe is moved from a first position where the needle is distant from the puncturable plug of the flask to a second position where the needle passes through the puncturable plug of the flask;

wherein the guide part includes in its side wall an opening that is closed by a microporous filter.