Reconstituting device for injectable medication

US6645171B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARS HOLDING N.V.

Inventors

• Grenville Arthur Robinson · London, GB
• Michael A. Hobbs · Old, GB
• Martyn Omar Rowlands · Blieskastel, DE
• John Richard Calvert · Blieskastel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61J1/2065
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for reconstituting liquid for medical use by bringing together a first liquid medium contained in a first vessel in the form of a cartridge (3) and a second medium, such as a drug in solid form, contained in a second vessel in the form of a vial (7), the device (19) comprising means (41) for supporting the first and second vessels, and a movable operating member (50) for applying a force to cause the first liquid medium to be delivered at a controlled rate from the first vessel into the second vessel. The first and second vessels may be provided in a pack (70) having liquid transfer means in the form of a needle (10).