Syringe adapter for medication

A system for syringing higher-viscosity fluid medication, comprising:

• a syringe, the syringe comprising a barrel and a syringe tip, the syringe tip located at a distal end of the syringe and having a syringe tip opening in a protrusion extending distally therefrom, the syringe tip comprising a needle-attachment point, the needle-attachment point formed as an internal threaded portion of the syringe tip and the syringe tip opening providing entry into the barrel;
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• a syringe adapter comprising a sidewall extending between a proximal end and a distal end opposite of the proximal end, the sidewall having an interior surface defining a chamber, the distal end of the sidewall being a distal end of the syringe adapter, the distal end of the syringe adapter being frustoconical in exterior shape and the interior surface of the distal end of the sidewall defining a distal end of the chamber as being frustoconical tapering toward the distal end of the syringe adapter, a terminal edge of the distal end of the sidewall defining a first opening into the chamber and a terminal edge of the proximal end of the sidewall defining a second opening into the chamber, the second opening sized to receive the protrusion and being a widest portion of the chamber, the first opening having an inner diameter of at least 0.05 inches, wherein:
• a flanged area extending outwardly from the terminal edge of the proximal end of the sidewall threadably connects the syringe adapter to the internal threaded portion of the syringe tip and thereby receives the protrusion into the chamber through the second opening;
• a fluid communication path extends through the chamber, between the first opening and the second opening;
• the distal end of the sidewall is configured for inserting into a container through a membrane covering an entry thereto, to thereby provide entry into the fluid communication path, through the first opening, for the fluid medication to enter from the container into the chamber;
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• the second opening provides an exit from the fluid communication path for the fluid medication to exit from the chamber, through the syringe tip opening and into the barrel of the syringe.

A syringe adapter threadably connectable to a syringe and through which viscous fluid medication can be flowed from a container to the syringe, the syringe adapter comprising:

• a sidewall, the sidewall having a proximal end, an opposite distal end, and an interior surface defining an interior chamber extending from the proximal end to the opposite distal end, the distal end of the sidewall being a distal end of the syringe adapter, the distal end of the sidewall terminating in a hollow frustoconical tip tapering toward the distal end of the syringe adapter, a terminal edge thereof defining a first opening into the interior chamber and a terminal edge at the proximal end of the sidewall defining a second opening into the interior chamber, the second opening being a widest portion of the interior chamber;
• a flanged area extending outwardly from the terminal edge of the proximal end, the flanged area comprising at least one tab configured to threadably engage a threaded interior portion of a syringe tip formed as a needle-attachment point on a distal end of the syringe;
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• a viscous fluid flow path extending through the interior chamber, between the first opening and the second opening, the first opening having an inner diameter of at least 0.05 inches, the first opening providing an entry point through which the viscous fluid medication enters into the interior chamber from the container upon inserting the frustoconical tip into the container through a membrane covering entry thereto, the viscous fluid flow path providing a path through the interior chamber to the second opening, the second opening providing an exit point for the viscous fluid medication to exit the syringe adapter and to enter the syringe, through an opening in the syringe tip, into a barrel of the syringe.