Resealable medical transfer set

US6945417B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Hubert Jansen · Stolberg, DE
• Jean-Claude Thibault · Saint-Égrève, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S215/03
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A transfer set for transferring fluid, including drugs, vaccines, medicaments, solutions and the like, between a first container, such as a conventional vial, and a second container, such as a conventional syringe having a unique multipurpose resealable member. The transfer set assembly includes an elastomeric tubular fluid transfer and resealable valve member preferably including an open end mounted on the pierceable closure or stopper of a vial and a generally closed distal end having a longitudinal slit and a piercing member is telescopically received within the fluid transfer valve member having a piercing end opposite the pierceable closure. The fluid transfer valve member is preferably formed of silicone and is surrounded by a generally tubular luer connector member having an open end mounted on the pierceable closure and a distal end having male luer threads. This assembly is enclosed within a cup-shaped closure and the assembly is retained to the first container or vial by a collar preferably secured to the vial by crimping. Upon removal of the cup-shaped closure, fluid communication between the vial and a second container, such as a syringe, is achieved by threading the lu…