Adaptor for a medical container, a medical container comprising said adaptor, and a method for manufacturing said adaptor
The adaptor including a proximal part configured to be secured onto a distal tip of a medical container, a distal part configured to receive said connector in order to establish a fluid communication between the distal tip of the medical container and the connector, said distal part including a window extending through a lateral wall of the adaptor. The adaptor further includes an indicator that is movable between a first position and a second position wherein the indicator outwardly extends relative to the first position. This indicator includes blocking means configured to block a movement of the indicator 8 from said first position to the second position, and a cam portion configured to be pushed outwardly by the connector when the connector reaches a predetermined position in the adaptor, thereby unblocking and pushing the indicator to the second position in order to provide an end user with a visual and tactile indication that the connection between the connector and the adaptor is terminated.
1 . An adaptor for connecting a medical container to a connector, the adaptor comprising:
a proximal part configured to be secured onto a distal tip of the medical container,
a distal part configured to receive said connector in order to establish a fluid communication between the distal tip of the medical container and the connector, said distal part comprising a window extending through a lateral wall of the adaptor, and
an indicator that is movable between a first position and a second position wherein the indicator outwardly extends relative to the first position, the indicator comprising:
blocking means configured to block a movement of the indicator from said first position to the second position, and
a cam portion protruding from the window inside the adaptor in the first position, said cam portion being configured to be pushed outwardly from the window by the connector when the connector reaches a predetermined position in the adaptor, thereby unblocking and pushing the indicator to the second position in order to provide an end user with a visual indication that the connection between the connector and the adaptor is completed, wherein the blocking means comprise a protrusion or a resilient leg for abutting against another part of the adaptor to block the indicator in the first position.
2 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is configured to abut against an inner surface of the lateral wall or against a grasping rib of the adaptor.
3 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the window opens in a thread root of an internal thread of the adaptor.
4 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is rotatably connected to the lateral wall of the adaptor.
5 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient leg is configured to be deformed and then released when the indicator is pushed from the first position to the second position, thereby emitting a sound.
6 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is attached on the rest of the adaptor.
7 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator and the rest of the adaptor are made of a single piece.
8 . The adaptor according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is connected to the lateral wall by means of a resilient arm, said resilient arm being configured to stress the indicator towards the second position.
9 . A medical container comprising a distal tip and the adaptor according to claim 1 , said adaptor being mounted onto the distal tip of the medical container.
10 . The medical container according to claim 9 , wherein the medical container comprises a cap having a connecting portion engaged into the adaptor, said connecting portion being configured to secure the cap to the adaptor without abutting against the cam portion of the indicator.
11 . A method for manufacturing the adaptor according to claim 1 , said method comprising the steps of:
forming the indicator by injection molding; and
forming the rest of the adaptor by injection molding.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises the step of assembling the indicator and the rest of the adaptor.
13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the indicator and the rest of the adaptor are formed altogether in the same injection mold.
14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the indicator is injection molded so as to be in the second position.