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Granted Patent B2
US 10,751,252 · App. 15/493,477 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Adaptor for coupling with a medical container

Inventors: Franck Carrel (Saint Jean de Vaulx, FR); Frédéric Perot (Saint Paul de Varces, FR)
Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
A61J1/2096A61J1/1406A61J1/1425A61J1/1443A61J1/201A61J1/2055A61J1/2075A61J1/2082A61J7/0472A61J1/2058A61J2205/50Y10T137/9029
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Patent No.
US 10,751,252
App. No.
15/493,477
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adaptor for coupling with a vial having a collar closed by a septum, the septum having an outer surface directed towards the outside of the vial, the adaptor comprising: a gripping member for securing the adaptor to the vial, the gripping member being capable of being laterally mounted on the collar of the vial and a pierceable elastomeric piece having at least a part intended to be in contact with the outer surface of the septum when the adaptor is secured on the vial. Also, an assembly including such an adaptor and a vial.

Claims (18)

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

a gripping member configured to secure the adaptor to the medical container, said gripping member being capable of being mounted on the collar of said medical container;

a pierceable elastomeric piece having at least a part configured to come into direct contact with the outer surface of the septum when said adaptor is secured on said medical container,

wherein said gripping member comprises a tubular element capable of being axially mounted on the collar of said medical container, and further comprising:

a transversal wall located within said tubular element; and

a cleaning pad, wherein the cleaning pad is a breakable membrane attached to the inner wall of the tubular element, and located distally with respect to the transversal wall.

2. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the tubular element comprises flexible radial pegs engageable on the collar of said medical container.

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

4. The adaptor of claim 1 , further comprising an air inlet that comprises a cannula extending from the adaptor in a distal direction and capable of piercing the septum of the medical container, a proximal end of the cannula protruding outside the adaptor in an outside environment.

5. The adaptor of claim 4 , wherein the air inlet comprises a filter.

6. The adaptor of claim 1 , further comprising a dose counter configured to count a number of doses of product that have been withdrawn from the medical container or remain within the medical container.

7. The adaptor of claim 1 , further comprising a time monitoring system.

8. The adaptor of claim 7 , wherein a blister surrounds said adaptor in a storage state, the time monitoring system being capable of being triggered once the adaptor is mounted on the collar of the drug container, by a peg of the blister coming in contact with the time monitoring system when a user applies a distal pressure on a shell of the blister.

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

an adaptor for coupling with the medical, the adaptor having a gripping member configured to secure the adaptor to the medical container, said gripping member being capable of being mounted on the collar of said medical container, and a pierceable elastomeric piece having at least a part configured to come into direct contact with the outer surface of the septum when said adaptor is secured on said medical container, wherein said gripping member comprises a tubular element capable of being axially mounted on the collar of said medical container, and wherein the adaptor further comprises a transversal wall located within said tubular element and a cleaning pad, wherein the cleaning pad is a breakable membrane attached to the inner wall of the tubular element, and located distally with respect to the transversal wall; and

a vial collar ring configured to couple to the collar of the medical container, wherein said gripping member is capable of being mounted on the vial collar ring to mount the gripping member on the collar of said medical container.

10. The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the vial collar ring comprises a top cylindrical portion with a diameter capable of enclosing a peripheral band of the medical container, the peripheral band including the septum of the medical container, and a bottom cylindrical portion having a smaller diameter than the top cylindrical portion and capable of enclosing the collar of the medical container.

11. The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the vial collar ring comprises two hemi-rings connected together by a hinge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2017
From: CARREL, FRANCK; PEROT, FRÉDÉRIC
To: BECTON DICKINSON HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
SG 201200771 · Feb 2, 2012 · national
EP 12305958 · Aug 2, 2012 · regional
Continuity (2)
Division 14375203
Related Publication 20170216144A1 · Aug 3, 2017
Cited By (1)
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