Compounder apparatus
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsJason A. Demers, Frederick Morgan
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Abstract
A system including a containment assembly for enclosing a medication container may comprise a first housing portion or interface portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The interface portion may include a housing wall which defines a channel spanning from the proximal end to the distal end. The channel may be open at the proximal and distal end. The containment assembly may further comprise only two pierceable septa configured to form a barrier to the channel. The containment assembly may further comprise a variable-volume housing portion having a variable volume chamber. The variable-volume portion chamber of the variable-volume housing portion may be in fluid communication with the distal end of the channel.
Claims20
A containment assembly, the containment assembly comprising:
- an interface portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the interface portion including a housing wall of a vial receiving assembly configured to receive a vial, the housing wall defining a channel spanning from the proximal end to the distal end;
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- at least two pierceable septa sealing the channel, the at least two pierceable septa including a first pierceable septum and a second pierceable septum, the first pierceable septum being spaced apart by a first distance from the proximal end, the second pierceable septum being spaced apart by a second distance from the proximal end, the first distance being less than the second distance, the first pierceable septum and the second pierceable septum being secured to the vial receiving assembly in a fixed relative position with respect to one another when in an undeformed state.
A containment system, comprising:
- a containment assembly comprising:
- an interface portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the interface portion including a housing wall of a vial receiving assembly configured to receive a vial, the housing wall defining a channel spanning form the proximal end to the distal end;
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- at least two pierceable septa sealing the channel and secured therein in a fixed relationship to one another to the vial receiving assembly when in an undeformed state, the at least two pierceable septa including a first pierceable septum and a second pierceable septum, the first pierceable septum being spaced apart by a first distance from the proximal end, the second pierceable septum being spaced apart by a second distance from the proximal end, the first distance being less than the second distance;
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- a compounder dock configured to receive the containment assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.