Adaptor for coupling to a medical container

• US 9,549,873 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2013
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becton Dickinson Holdings Pte Ltd. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Original Assignee: Becton Dickinson Holdings Pte Ltd. (Becton, Dickinson & Co)
• Inventors: Fernando, Anthony C. J., Barrelle, Laurent
• Primary Examiner(s): Maust, Timothy L
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHMID, ANDREW C
• Application Number:
  US14/375,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20150013837A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,453 Days
• Field of Search: 141/27, 141/311.R, 141/312, 141/318, 141/319, 141/321, 141/322, 141/326, 141/329, 141/330, 141/346, 141/351, 141/352, 141/353, 141/357, 141/369, 141/370, 141/372, 141/383, 141/384, 141/385, 141/386, 604/411, 604/415
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/035 Blister-type containers blisters in general B65D75/36
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1406 Septums, pierceable membranes
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2055 having gripping 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: A61L 2/0082 using chemical substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0088 Liquid substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/23 Containers, e.g. vials, bottles, syringes, mail
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/581 by audible feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like

Abstract

An adaptor for coupling with a medical container, including: a tubular body receiving a pierceable elastomeric piece, defining an inner cavity of the adaptor, the pierceable elastomeric piece being movable within the tubular body between a first position, in which a distal part of the pierceable elastomeric piece forms a seal of the cavity, and a second position, proximally spaced from the first position, in which the distal part opens the seal of the cavity, an air inlet, a filtering system for filling the inner cavity with decontaminated air, and a gripping member for securing the adaptor to the medical container. Also, an assembly comprising such an adaptor and a medical container.

Claims

1. An adaptor for coupling with a medical container having a collar closed by a septum, said septum having an outer surface directed towards an outside of the medical container, the adaptor comprising:

a tubular body substantially closed at a distal end with a transversal wall provided with a central hole and substantially closed at a proximal end by a pierceable elastomeric piece, said pierceable elastomeric piece defining a distal plug at a distal end thereof, said pierceable elastomeric piece, transversal wall and tubular body together defining an inner cavity of said adaptor, said pierceable elastomeric piece being movable within said tubular body between a first position, in which said distal plug is seated within and forms a seal with said central hole, and a second position, in which the distal plug is proximally spaced from said first position, in which said distal plug is displaced from said central hole,

an air inlet for allowing air from the outside to enter said inner cavity at least when said pierceable elastomeric piece moves from the first position to the second position, said air inlet comprising a filtering system for decontaminating said entering air before it reaches said inner cavity, and

a gripping member for securing the adaptor to the medical container, so that a distal surface of said transversal wall is brought in contact with the outer surface of said septum when said adaptor is secured on said medical container.

2. The adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a pulling member, safely attached to said pierceable elastomeric piece, for allowing a user to manually move said pierceable elastomeric piece from the first position to the second position.

3. The adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a locking system for maintaining said pierceable elastomeric piece in the second position.

4. The adaptor claim 1 further comprising a blister surrounding said adaptor in a storage state.

5. The adaptor of claim 4, wherein the blister is removable by proximal force exerted on the blister, the blister comprises a coupling surface for releasably coupling the blister to the pierceable elastomeric piece during the step of removal of the blister, removal of said blister thereby causing the pierceable elastomeric piece to transition from the first position to the second position.

6. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein the gripping member is a lateral clipping member capable of being laterally mounted on the collar of said medical container.

7. The adaptor of claim 6, wherein said lateral clipping member comprises a U-shaped element intended to be engaged on said collar via the open part of the U-shaped element, the curved part of the U-shaped element partially surrounding the collar, said U-shaped element extending from said transversal wall in a distal direction.

8. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein the gripping member is an axial clipping member capable of being axially mounted on the collar of said medical container.

9. The adaptor of claim 8, wherein the axial clipping member comprises a skirt capable of being axially engaged on said collar, said skirt extending from said transversal wall in a distal direction.

10. The adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a cleaning pad, said cleaning pad being configured to at least partially slide on said outer surface of said septum when the adaptor is being mounted on the medical container.

11. The adaptor of claim 6, further comprising a cleaning pad, said cleaning pad being configured to at least partially slide on said outer surface of said septum when the adaptor is being mounted on the medical container,

wherein said lateral clipping member comprises a U-shaped element intended to be engaged on said collar via the open part of the U-shaped element, the curved part of the U-shaped element partially surrounding the collar, said U-shaped element extending from said transversal wall in a distal direction and said transversal wall is provided with a projection extending radially in a direction of the free ends of the U, a distal face of said projection being provided with said cleaning pad.

12. The adaptor of claim 8, further comprising a cleaning pad, said cleaning pad being configured to at least partially slide on said outer surface of said septum when the adaptor is being mounted on the medical container,

wherein the axial clipping member comprises a skirt capable of being axially engaged on said collar, said skirt extending from said transversal wall in a distal direction and the cleaning pad is a breakable membrane attached to an inner wall of said skirt.

13. The adaptor of claim 10, wherein said cleaning pad is located on a removable part of said adaptor.

14. The adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a pierceable decontamination insert located proximally with respect to said pierceable elastomeric piece.

15. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein the pierceable elastomeric piece is self-resealing.

16. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein the pierceable elastomeric piece is made of a material selected from synthetic polyisoprene, natural rubber, silicone rubber, thermoplastic elastomers and combinations thereof.

17. The adaptor of claim 10, wherein the cleaning pad comprises a disinfecting agent.

18. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein an inner wall of the inner cavity is coated with an anti-condensation coating.

19. An assembly comprising a medical container having a collar closed by a septum, said septum having an outer surface directed towards an outside of the medical container, and an adaptor according to claim 1.

20. An adaptor for coupling with a medical container having a collar closed by a septum, said septum having an outer surface directed towards an outside of the medical container, the adaptor comprising:

a tubular body substantially closed at a distal end with a transversal wall provided with a central hole and substantially closed at a proximal end by a pierceable elastomeric piece, said pierceable elastomeric piece, transversal wall, and tubular body together defining an inner cavity of said adaptor, said pierceable elastomeric piece being movable within said tubular body between a first position, in which a distal part of said pierceable elastomeric piece forms a seal with said central hole, and a second position, in which said distal part is displaced from said central hole,

an air inlet for allowing air from the outside to enter said inner cavity at least when said pierceable elastomeric piece moves from the first position to the second position, said air inlet comprising a filtering system for decontaminating said entering air before it reaches said inner cavity and said air inlet being in fluid communication with said central hole when said pierceable elastomeric piece is in said second position, and

a gripping member for securing the adaptor to the medical container, so that a distal surface of said transversal wall is brought in contact with the outer surface of said septum when said adaptor is secured on said medical container.