Sliding reconstitution device for a diluent container
First Claim
1. A connector device for establishing fluid communication between a liquid container having sidewalls and a drug vial having a closure therein, the connector comprising:
- a piercing member having a first end and a second end and a central fluid pathway, the piercing member being mounted to the liquid container and having fluid accessing portions hermetically sealed from an outside environment;
a receiving chamber associated with the piercing member and being dimensioned to connect to the vial and wherein a vial may be selectively attached to the device without piercing the closure of the vial and without breaching the hermetic seal of the piercing member;
means for connecting the vial receiving chamber to the liquid container; and
wherein the device is movable from an inactivated position where the piercing member is outside the sidewalls and no fluid flows between the liquid container and the drug vial, to an activated position wherein fluid flows through the fluid pathway between the liquid container and the drug vial, the device being movable from the inactivated position to the activated position by a force applied to the device outside the liquid container.
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Abstract
A connector device is disclosed for establishing fluid communication between a diluent container having sidewalls and a drug vial. The connector has a piercing member having a first end and a second end and a central fluid pathway. The piercing member is mounted to the liquid container and has fluid accessing portions hermetically sealed from an outside environment. A vial receiving chamber is associated with the piercing member and is dimensioned to connect to the vial. The vial may be selectively attached to the device without piercing the closure of the vial and without breaching the hermetic seal of the fluid accessing portions of the piercing member. Means are provided for connecting the vial receiving chamber to the liquid container. The device is movable from an inactivated position, where the piercing member is outside the sidewalls and no fluid flows between the liquid container and the drug vial, to an activated position, where fluid flows through the fluid pathway between the liquid container and the drug vial. The device is movable from the inactivated position to the activated position by a force applied to the device outside the liquid container.
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34 Claims
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1. A connector device for establishing fluid communication between a liquid container having sidewalls and a drug vial having a closure therein, the connector comprising:
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a piercing member having a first end and a second end and a central fluid pathway, the piercing member being mounted to the liquid container and having fluid accessing portions hermetically sealed from an outside environment;
a receiving chamber associated with the piercing member and being dimensioned to connect to the vial and wherein a vial may be selectively attached to the device without piercing the closure of the vial and without breaching the hermetic seal of the piercing member;
means for connecting the vial receiving chamber to the liquid container; and
wherein the device is movable from an inactivated position where the piercing member is outside the sidewalls and no fluid flows between the liquid container and the drug vial, to an activated position wherein fluid flows through the fluid pathway between the liquid container and the drug vial, the device being movable from the inactivated position to the activated position by a force applied to the device outside the liquid container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A connector device for establishing fluid communication between a first container and a second container having a closure, the connector device comprising:
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a first sleeve and a second sleeve mounted for translational movement with respect to one another and define a central channel therein, the first sleeve and the second sleeve each having an inner surface, the first sleeve is adapted to attach to the liquid container;
a piercing member having opposed piercing ends, the piercing member being mounted in the central channel;
means for hermetically sealing the piercing ends when the device is connected to the first container and the second container;
a receiving chamber on the second sleeve and being dimensioned to connect to the second container and wherein the second container may be selectively attached to the device without piercing the closure of the second container and without breaching the hermetic seal of the piercing ends; and
the first sleeve and the second sleeve are capable of being moved from an inactivated position where fluid cannot flow through the device to an activated position where fluid can flow through the device, the device is capable of being moved from the inactivated position to the activated position by applying a force to the device outside the first container and the second container. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A connector device for establishing fluid communication between a first container and a second container comprising:
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a bellows assembly having a first end and a second end, the bellows assembly having a first bellows portion and a second bellows portion and an intermediate section therebetween;
a port connector having one end connected to the first end of the bellows assembly and another end adapted to be attached to the first container, the port connector having a membrane;
an attaching member attached to the second end of the bellows assembly, the attaching member adapted to be attached to the second container;
a piercing assembly positioned within the bellows assembly, the piercing assembly having a hub supporting a first piercing member and a second piercing member, the hub being fixedly attached to the intermediate portion, the piercing assembly providing a fluid flow passage between the first container and the second container; and
the bellows assembly being deformable from an inactivated position to an activated position wherein the second piercing member is adapted to pierce the second container and the first piercing member is adapted to pierce the membrane to establish fluid communication between the first container and the second container. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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