# US 11,992,461 B2 · Connecting and container system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,461 B2 - Document ID: US11992461B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/333,173 - Filed: 2021-05-28 - Published: 2021-09-23 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-16 - Assignees: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH - Applicants: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH - Inventors: Marcus Rainer Rahmel; Guido Endert; Jonas Ruf; Horst Wergen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992461B2 ## CPC - A61J 1/2051: {having tap means, e.g. tap means activated by sliding} - A61J 1/1412: {Containers with closing means, e.g. caps} - A61J 1/2027: {having frangible parts} - A61J 1/2048: {Connecting means} - A61J 1/2089: {Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their contents (combinations of vial and syringe for mixing their contents A61J1/2096)} - B65D 21/0231: {Bottles, canisters or jars whereby the neck or handle project into a cooperating cavity in the bottom (B65D81/361 takes precedence)} - B65D 43/02: Removable lids or covers (with means for piercing, cutting, or tearing a frangible inner closure B65D51/22) - B65D 81/3211: {coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture} - A61J 1/16: Holders for containers - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection between containers, the connecting system having at least two connecting arrangements configured to produce the fluidic connection. Each container has an initial state in which the two containers are fluidically separated from one another and a connected state in which the two containers have been fluidically connected together by a relative movement of the containers. A securing device prevents relative movement of the containers in the initial state, and a receptacle is provided in which the securing device can be accommodated for enabling said relative movement. The system is usable in a method for preparing a mixture of substances in which the containers are placed in a connecting orientation with the securing device arranged between the containers in a manner preventing fluidic connection of the containers, and releasing the securing device for enabling fluidic connection the containers by a relative connecting movement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container system, comprising: two containers, the container system having an initial state in which the two containers are fluidically separated from one another and a connected state in which the two containers have been fluidically connected together by a relative movement of the containers, a securing device which prevents said relative movement of the containers in said initial state, a receptacle in which the securing device can be accommodated for enabling said relative movement, wherein the securing device is formed by a securing ring and the receptacle is annular, the securing ring being partially or predominantly accommodatable in the receptacle, and wherein the securing device comprises at least one blocking member which is adapted for blocking said relative movement by interlocking engagement and is deformable or depressible in order to release the blocking member so as to allow said relative movement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is pocket-shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device extends into or is aligned with the receptacle in an axial direction or along an axis of symmetry or a central axis of the container system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is formed by and/or behind a wall or a wall-shaped, collar-shaped or tube-shaped section of a connecting arrangement or an extension of one of the containers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein, for connecting the containers, the securing device is arranged between end edges of the containers with the edges of the containers supported on one another via the securing device, and held by an interlocking arrangement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The container system according to claim 5, wherein the interlocking engagement is releasable by actuation of the securing device for allowing said relative movement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is deformable at least in parts for enabling said relative movement of the containers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is adapted to block linear or axial movement of the containers relative to one another in said initial state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is adapted for blocking only a linear or axial movement of the containers relative to one another in said initial state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the blocking member comprises an edge or end face which forms the interlocking engagement and is radially movable to effect the release. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the blocking member is molded on at one end or formed in one piece with the securing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the blocking member is of a wing-shaped configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle and the securing device have complementary shapes. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is formed of a plastic material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is arranged between the containers in the initial state such that the relative movement is blocked in an axial direction in relation to or along a central axis or axis of symmetry of the containers, and wherein the axial relative movement is producible by partial deformation of the securing device radially in a direction of the central axis or axis of symmetry of the containers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The container system according to claim 1, wherein the securing device is held on the container system permanently or non-releasably or such that it cannot be taken off or removed or rotated or is held on a tapered portion or by interlocking engagement. ### Claim 17 Method for preparing a mixture of substances, comprising: providing substances to be mixed separately from one another in a respective one of two containers that can be fluidically connected to one another, placing the containers in a connecting orientation with a securing device arranged between the containers in a manner preventing a relative connecting movement between the containers, wherein the securing device is formed by a securing ring comprising at least one blocking member which blocks said relative connecting movement by interlocking engagement and is deformable or depressible in order to release the blocking member so as to allow said relative connecting movement, and releasing the securing device by depressing or deforming said blocking member, and pushing the securing device into a provided annular receptacle for enabling the containers to be fluidically connected to one another by said relative connecting movement between the containers.