Syringe adapter
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsLaurie Sanders, Jayeon Kim, Antonio Righez Mesquita
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Abstract
A syringe adapter is provided. The adapter includes a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end. The housing may include a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first end of the housing can include a connector configured to be secured to a syringe barrel. The adapter also includes a cannula positioned within the housing and a seal arrangement including a membrane positioned within the housing and movable within the housing. The first portion of the housing can be connected to the second portion via axial and radial interference between the first portion and the second portion of the housing.
Claims18
A syringe adapter comprising:
- a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, the housing comprising a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first end of the housing comprising a connector configured to be secured to a syringe barrel;
- a cannula positioned within the housing;
- a seal arrangement positioned within the housing and movable within the housing, the seal arrangement comprising a membrane,
- wherein the first portion of the housing is connected to the second portion via an axial interference and a radial interference between the first portion and the second portion of the housing, wherein the radial interference is configured to prevent or inhibit twisting of the first portion of the housing relative to the second portion of the housing, and wherein the first portion of the housing comprises a plurality of projections, the plurality of projections of the first portion of the housing engaging the second portion of the housing to provide the radial interference between the first portion of the housing and the second portion of the housing.
A syringe adapter comprising
- a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, the housing comprising a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first end of the housing comprising a connector configured to be secured to a syringe barrel;
- a cannula positioned within the housing;
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- a seal arrangement positioned within the housing and movable within the housing, the seal arrangement comprising a membrane,
- wherein the first portion of the housing is connected to the second portion via an axial interference and a radial interference between the first portion and the second portion of the housing, and
- wherein the second portion of the housing comprises a plurality of teeth extending axially from an annular top surface of the second portion towards the first end of the housing, the plurality of teeth of the second portion of the housing being configured to engage an annular planar wall of the first portion of the housing to provide the axial interference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.