US 11,696,872 B2Granted

System, apparatus, and method for extending the useful life of medicine

AssigneeMatthew Phipps

InventorMatthew Christopher Phipps

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Abstract

An apparatus to preserve a first fluid of a medicine vial is provided. The apparatus may include a vial coupling member comprising a housing and a flexible membrane. The housing and the flexible membrane form a vial coupling member cavity within the vial coupling member. The apparatus may also include a first fluid pathway forming a first lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity. The apparatus may further include a second fluid pathway forming a second lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity. When the flexible membrane engages the medicine vial, the flexible membrane forms a sealed environment over a medicine vial septum. When the flexible membrane engages the medicine vial, the flexible membrane permits the first lumen and the second lumen to establish fluid communication with an interior space of the medicine vial.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An apparatus to preserve a first fluid of a medicine vial, the apparatus comprising:

a vial coupling member comprising a housing and a flexible membrane, wherein the housing and the flexible membrane form a vial coupling member cavity within the vial coupling member;
a cavity formed by a container;
a first fluid pathway forming a first lumen that is in fluid communication with the cavity and the vial coupling member cavity;
a second fluid pathway forming a second lumen that is in fluid communication with the cavity and the vial coupling member cavity;
and
a pump configured to facilitate fluid communication through the first lumen into the cavity and configured to facilitate fluid communication through the second lumen from the cavity;
wherein when the flexible membrane engages the medicine vial, the flexible membrane permits the first lumen and the second lumen to establish fluid communication with an interior space of the medicine vial;
wherein when the first lumen and the second lumen are in fluid communication with the interior space of the medicine vial, the cavity is configured to receive at least some of the first fluid from the medicine vial through the first lumen and simultaneously permit a communication of at least some of a second fluid from the cavity and into the second lumen for the medicine vial.

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An apparatus to preserve a first fluid of a medicine vial, the apparatus comprising:

a vial coupling member comprising a housing and a flexible membrane, wherein the housing and the flexible membrane form a vial coupling member cavity within the vial coupling member;
a first fluid pathway forming a first lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity;
a second fluid pathway forming a second lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity;
and
a pump configured to facilitate fluid communication through the first lumen from the medicine vial and configured to facilitate fluid communication through the second lumen towards the medicine vial;
wherein when the flexible membrane engages the medicine vial, the flexible membrane permits the first lumen and the second lumen to establish fluid communication with an interior space of the medicine vial;
wherein when the first lumen and the second lumen are in fluid communication with the interior space of the medicine vial, the first lumen is configured to receive at least some of the first fluid from the medicine vial and the second lumen is configured to communicate at least some of a second fluid for the medicine vial.

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An apparatus to preserve a first fluid of a medicine vial, the apparatus comprising:

a vial coupling member comprising a housing and a flexible membrane, wherein the housing and the flexible membrane form a vial coupling member cavity within the vial coupling member;
a first fluid pathway forming a first lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity;
a second fluid pathway forming a second lumen that is in fluid communication with the vial coupling member cavity;
and
a pump configured to facilitate fluid communication through the first lumen from the medicine vial and configured to facilitate fluid communication through the second lumen towards the medicine vial;
wherein when the flexible membrane engages the medicine vial:
the flexible membrane forms a sealed environment over a medicine vial septum, and
the flexible membrane permits the first lumen and the second lumen to establish fluid communication with an interior space of the medicine vial.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/904,551Filed 17 Jun 2020 · continuation
Priority: 29 Mar 2016
Published: US 2020/0315917 A18 Oct 2020
Granted: 11 Jul 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A61J 1/1443
Details; Accessories therefor: containers with means for dispensing liquid medicaments in a filtered or sterile way, e.g. with bacterial filters
A61J 1/2048
Accessories used in combination with means for transfer or mixing of fluids, e.g. for activating fluid flow, separating fluids, filtering fluid…
A61J 1/10
For collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids ; Infusion or perfusion containers: bag-type containers
A61J 1/12
Bag-type containers: with means for holding samples of contents

Family

Application62/314,515Us provisional application · filed 29 Mar 2016
Application62/350,061Us provisional application · filed 14 Jun 2016
Application62/375,920Us provisional application · filed 17 Aug 2016
Application15/460,202Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Mar 2017
US 2020/0315917 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Oct 2020
US 10,729,617 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0333286 A1Published application
US 11,696,872 B2This patent

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