Apparatus and method for filing a syringe

• US 8,360,114 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2008
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Niles Clark
• Original Assignee: Niles Clark
• Inventors: Clark, Niles
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): ARNETT, NICOLAS ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US12/027,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20080185069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,818 Days
• Field of Search: 141/27, 141/97, 141/94, 141/329, 141/330, 604/414, 604/415
• US Class Current: 141/27
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2065 having aligning and guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents

Abstract

An apparatus for assisting a user in loading a syringe with medication from a medicinal vial comprising an elongated guide having a syringe well and a vial well, the syringe well having a syringe well opening along a surface of the guide. A syringe guide member inserted into and removable from the syringe well through the syringe well opening, the syringe guide member having a bore for receiving and guiding the syringe. The vial well receiving the vial. The guide has a wall separating the syringe well and the vial well, the wall having an aperture formed therethrough providing communication between one end of the bore and the vial, the recess mutually adjacent with the wall. The guide includes a displaceable cover enclosing the syringe well and the vial well. The guide may also include a magnifying element coupled to the cover.

Claims

1. An apparatus for assisting a user in loading a syringe with medication from a medicinal vial, the apparatus comprising:

an elongated guide having a syringe well and a vial well;

a syringe guide member inserted into and removable from the syringe well, the syringe guide member having a bore for receiving and guiding the syringe;

the vial well being adapted to receive a vial, the vial well having a recess supporting the neck of a vial received in said vial well;

a wall separating the syringe well and the vial well, the wall having an aperture formed therethrough providing communication between one end of the bore and a vial received in said vial well;

a displaceable cover enclosing the syringe well and the vial well; and

a magnifying element coupled to the cover, said magnifying element magnifying the contents of the syringe well and the vial well.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said bore has a funnel shape.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a saddle disposed on the interior side thereof engaging the body of the vial.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising retention means for retaining and immobilizing the syringe as the syringe plunger is withdrawn to fill the syringe barrel with medication.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said retention means comprises a pair of wings, each one of the wings spaced-apart from an end of the syringe guide member forming a void, the void receiving and retaining the syringe flange therein.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said retention means comprises an arm, the arm coupled to an end of the syringe guide member and rotatable to urge the arm into communication with the exterior surface of the syringe barrel.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recess aligning the neck of the vial with the aperture and an end of the syringe bore.

8. An apparatus for assisting a user in loading a syringe with medication from a medicinal vial, the apparatus comprising:

an elongated guide having a syringe well and a vial well;

the syringe well having a syringe well opening along a surface of the guide;

a syringe guide member inserted into and removable from the syringe well through the syringe well opening, the syringe guide member having a bore for receiving and guiding the syringe;

the vial well having a vial well opening along an anterior surface of the guide and being adapted to receive a vial through the vial well opening, the vial well having a recess supporting the neck of a vial received in said vial well, the vial well having a removable panel and a plurality of slits, the panel removable from one of the slits for placement within one of the other slits, the panel supporting the base of a vial when a vial is placed within the recess;

a wall separating the syringe well and the vial well, the wall having an aperture formed therethrough providing communication between one end of the bore and a vial received in said vial well;

the recess mutually adjacent with the wall, the recess aligning the neck of a vial received in said vial well with the aperture of the wall;

a displaceable cover enclosing the syringe well and the vial well, the cover having a saddle disposed on the interior side thereof;

and a magnifying element coupled to the cover, the magnifying element magnifying the contents of the syringe well and the vial well when the cover is placed over the syringe well and the vial well.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:

a channel formed in the syringe well; and

a stud formed on the syringe guide member, the stud complementary to the channel;

wherein the stud and channel are mutually coupled to further couple the syringe guide member with the syringe well.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the syringe guide member further comprises retention means for retaining and immobilizing the syringe as the syringe plunger is withdrawn to fill the syringe barrel with medication.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said retention means comprises a pair of wings, each one of the wings spaced-apart from an end of the syringe guide member forming a void, the void receiving and retaining the syringe flange therein.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said retention means comprises an arm, the arm coupled to an end of the syringe guide member and rotatable to urge the arm into communication with the exterior surface of the syringe barrel.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the bore comprises a funnel shape.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the recess comprises a curvilinear form, the recess supporting the neck of the vial.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the cover comprises a track for the magnifying element, the magnifying element slidably inserted and removed therefrom.

16. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the magnifying element comprises a semi-cylindrical shape.