US 12,760,259 B2Granted

Connector

AssigneeOribiotech Ltd.

InventorsFarlan Veraitch, William Raimes, Richard Smith, Neil Anthony Litten

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Abstract

There is provided a connector, for introducing or extracting a material to or from at least one receptacle, comprising a housing extending between a distal end and a proximal end, the housing comprising, at least at one end, a pierceable seal; a hollow needle mounted, at least partially, within the housing between the distal end and the proximal end of the housing, a first end of the hollow needle being connected or connectable to a first corresponding receptacle, and a second end of the hollow needle facing the pierceable seal at an end of the housing; and an actuating mechanism acting on the housing or the hollow needle to enable the hollow needle to pierce the pierceable seal thereby forming a communication through the pierceable seal, such that material is able to transfer through the connector.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An aseptic coupling arrangement comprising:

a first aseptic seal system comprising a first clip portion including a first coupling element, and a first aseptic membrane, operably coupled to the first clip portion, and disposed over at least a portion of a first pierceable seal;
and
a second aseptic seal system comprising a second clip portion including a second coupling element configured to operably couple to the first coupling element, and a second aseptic membrane, operably coupled to the second clip portion and configured to operably couple to the first aseptic membrane, disposed over at least a portion of a second pierceable seal,
wherein the first aseptic seal system and the second aseptic seal system are arranged to be actuated between a first configuration, in which the respective first aseptic membrane and second aseptic membrane are at least partially disposed over their respective first pierceable seal and second pierceable seal, and a second configuration, in which the respective first aseptic membrane and second aseptic membrane are removed from their respective first pierceable seal and second pierceable seal.

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Facts

Application: 18/944,408Filed 12 Nov 2024 · continuation
Priority: GB 191866317 Dec 2019
Published: US 2025/0066706 A127 Feb 2025
Granted: 13 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

C12M 33/04
Means for introduction, transport, positioning, extraction, harvesting, peeling or sampling of biological material in or from the apparatus: by…
A61J 1/00
Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
A61J 1/2003
Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe: accessories used in combination with means for transfer or mixing of…
A61J 1/2013
Piercing means: having two piercing ends

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Application17/785,372Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Dec 2020
PCT/GB2020/053229Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Dec 2020
US 2025/0066706 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Feb 2025
US 12,188,001 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0028474 A1Published application
US 12,760,259 B2This patent

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