Medical transfer device

• US 7,540,863 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Issued: 06/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hans Haindl
• Original Assignee: Hans Haindl
• Inventors: Haindl, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Deak; Leslie R
• Application Number:
  US11/497,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 604414-416, 604/905
• US Class Current: 604/414
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2013 having two piercing ends
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2051 having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2089 Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents

Abstract

Medical transfer device conducts fluid from a container to a bottle having a neck, which has a closing element pierceable by a needle. Transfer device includes a first tubular-shaped part telescopically displaceable in a second tubular-shaped part between an inserted position and an extracted position. A holding part is provided inside first tubular-shaped part. A cannula extends from holding part into second tubular-shaped part without axially overlapping into the extracted position. Cannula includes a lateral opening on its distal end. Conical-shaped receiving element connects a detachably sealed connection of conical-shaped receiving elements with the container, and is connected to the inside of the cannula in the holding part. The tubular-shaped parts are detachably locked by locking tongues, so that the tip of the cannula is located inside the tubular-shaped part, avoiding injury risk. Rotation of the tubular-shaped parts determines penetration depth of the tip of the cannula in the bottle.

Claims

1. Medical transfer device for transferring fluid from a container into a bottle, the neck of which bottle includes a pierceable closing element, and the removal of the transferred fluid moved into the bottle, the medical transfer device comprising:

a) a first tubular-shaped part which is telescopically movable in a second tubular-shaped part between an inserted and an extracted position;

b) a holding part connected with the first tubular-shaped part, the holding part including a conical receiving element to attach an element for releasable and sealable connection of the conical receiving element with the container containing the fluid;

c) a cannula connected with the interior of the conical receiving element and extending from the holding part into the interior of the second tubular-shaped part without extending axially past the second tubular-shaped part in the inserted position for withdrawing fluid transferred into the bottle;

d) a locking mechanism provided for tight locking of the two tubular-shaped parts in the inserted position;

e) the cannula including a lateral opening at its distal end, from which opening the fluid discharges laterally towards a lateral internal wall of the bottle, in use, when the cannula protrudes into the bottle after piercing the closing element; and

f) the two tubular-shaped parts being rotatable against each other through a sufficiently limited angle, so that the first tubular-shaped part is movable into the extracted position after opening the locking mechanism in one rotated position, in which the cannula extends out of the second tubular-shaped part and protrudes through the closing element so far into the interior of the bottle attached to the second tubular-shaped part that the lateral opening in the cannula is facing away from the closing element in the injection direction, while the first tubular-shaped part is sufficiently retractable in another rotated position so that the lateral opening of the cannula is directly in front of the closing element in the injection direction.

2. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) a pin is provided on the internal wall of the second tubular-shaped part;

b) two grooves are provided on the outer wall of the first tubular-shaped part, which are connected by a switch and in which the pin is located; and

c) the pin is slidable into one of the two grooves from the inserted to the extracted position and into the other groove through the switch until it catches in a recess and is thereby locked in this position during subsequent movement in the direction of the extracted position.

3. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) a spike having an end and a tip is provided; and

b) the end is opposite to the tip of the spike and engages tightly with the conical receiving element, thus connecting the conical receiving element with a container containing the fluid when the spike has pierced the pierceable closing element of the container containing the fluid, in use.

4. Medical transfer device according to claim 3, wherein:

a) the end opposite to the tip of the spike is shaped conically complementary to the conical receiving element in the holding part.

5. Medical transfer device according to claim 3, wherein:

a) the end of the spike opposite to its tip is one of cylindrical and conical with a conical angle that is smaller than the conical angle of the conical receiving element in the holding part.

6. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the end of the second tubular-shaped part opposite the first tubular-shaped part includes clamps for releasably engaging a bulge at the end of the bottle neck, in use.

7. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the end of the first tubular-shaped part opposite the second tubular-shaped part includes clamps for engaging a bulge at the end of the neck of the container containing the fluid in use.

8. Medical transfer device according to claim 3, wherein:

a) the spike is located at the center of a plate, which is supported by the first tubular-shaped part opposite to the injection direction.

9. Medical transfer device according to claim 8, wherein;

a) the plate includes clamps for engaging a bulge at the end of a neck of the container containing fluid, in which the clamps extend between the gaps of the clamps of the first tubular-shaped part in the circumferential direction and engage the same bulge of the container.

10. Medical transfer device according to claim 9, wherein:

a) the clamps of the plate have a stronger holding force than the clamps of the first tubular-shaped part, so that the plate with the spike is removed and remains with the container when removing the container from the first tubular-shaped part in use.

11. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the spike is made of synthetic material.

12. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) one of the conical receiving element and the end opposite to the tip of the spike includes a filter.

13. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the cannula is made of steel.

14. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the spike is configured as a double spike and includes a channel as a ventilation channel.

15. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) in use, the container for the fluid is a syringe with a receiving conical tip; and

b) the conical receiving element is configured complementary to the conical receiving tip of the syringe.

16. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the cannula is configured as a double cannula and includes a channel as a ventilation channel.

17. Medical transfer device according to claim 7, wherein:

a) the clamps detachably engage the bulge.

18. Medical transfer device according to claim 1, wherein:

a) the locking mechanism includes a waling connecting plate.