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US 11,690,786 B2Granted
Adapter for vial access device
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsYan Yevmenenko, Ross Weir, Lasse Wesseltoft Mogensen
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Abstract
A system includes a vial access device including a spike, with the vial access device attachable to a first vial defining a first vial size, and an adapter transitionable between a shield position in which the adapter is attachable to the vial access device such that the adapter shields the spike of the vial access device and a vial position in which the adapter is attachable to a second vial defining a second vial size, the second vial size different than the first vial size.
Claims12
A method of accessing a vial comprising:
- providing a vial access device and an adapter, the vial access device comprising a spike and a first connection element attachable to a first vial defining a first vial size to secure the vial access device to the first vial;
- removing the adapter from a shield position in which the adapter is attached to the vial access device with the adapter shielding the spike of the vial access device;
- attaching the adapter to a second vial defining a second vial size, wherein the first vial size is different from the second vial size;
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- securing the vial access device to the adapter after the adapter is attached to the second vial, with the spike of the vial access device entering the second vial.
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