Devices for filling a multi-use syringe or single-use syringe

A combination of a filling device and a multiple syringe,

• the filling device comprising:
• a base body delimiting at least a first and a second cavity, each of the cavities having a proximal end and a distal end, each of the cavities defining a longitudinal direction and having at its distal end a removal opening, for removal of a fluid from the cavity;
• a first port communicating with the removal opening of the first cavity, and a second port communicating with the removal opening of the second cavity, the first and the second port being configured to interact with complementary connecting pieces of a multiple syringe;
• and
• a breaking unit, which is configured to break a first ampule disposed in the first cavity and a second ampule disposed in the second cavity simultaneously or successively by way of a single actuating movement;
• and the multiple syringe comprising:
• at least a first and a second syringe body having a cylindrical wall region, a cover wall, an outlet disposed in the cover wall, and a connecting piece communicating with the outlet;
• at least a first and a second syringe plunger, each of the syringe plungers being sealingly displaceable in the cylindrical wall region of one of the syringe bodies;
• an actuating element, which mutually connects the first and the second syringe plunger in order to move both syringe plungers simultaneously;
• each of the connecting pieces of the syringe bodies being connectable to a one of said first and second ports of the filling device, respectively.

A method for filling a multiple syringe having at least two syringe bodies from at least two ampules, the method comprising:

• inserting the ampules into a filling device having a breaking unit;
• breaking the ampules by the breaking unit by way of a single actuating movement;
• and
• taking up a fluid from each of the ampules into respectively one of the syringe bodies of the multiple syringe.

A filling device for filling a receptacle with a fluid from at least one ampule,

• the filling device comprising a base body which forms at least a first cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and having a proximal end and a distal end, the base body being configured to receive an ampule, at least by its distal end, sealingly in the first cavity,
• wherein the base body has a removal opening, for removal of a fluid from the cavity,
• wherein the base body has a port, which communicates with the removal opening of the base body and is configured to interact with a complementary connecting piece of a receptacle,
• and wherein the filling device additionally comprises an opening device, which is configured to open an ampule disposed in the first cavity,
• the opening device comprising an actuating element which is adapted to be advanced into the base body along an actuating direction in order to shear off or shatter a distal end region of an ampule arranged properly in the base body, the actuating direction running at an angle to the longitudinal direction.

A combination of a filling device and a syringe,

• the filling device comprising a base body which forms at least a first cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and having a proximal end and a distal end, the base body being configured to receive an ampule, at least by its distal end, sealingly in the first cavity,
• wherein the base body has a removal opening, for removal of a fluid from the cavity,
• wherein the base body has a port, which communicates with the removal opening of the base body and is configured to interact with a complementary connecting piece of a receptacle,
• and wherein the filling device additionally comprises an opening device, which is configured to open an ampule disposed in the first cavity,
• the opening device comprising an actuating element which is adapted to be advanced into the base body along an actuating direction in order to shear off or shatter a distal end region of an ampule arranged in the base body, the actuating direction running at an angle to the longitudinal direction,
• the syringe comprising:
• at least a first syringe body having a cylindrical wall region, a cover wall, an outlet disposed in the cover wall, and a connecting piece communicating with the outlet;
• at least a first syringe plunger, which is sealingly displaceable in the cylindrical wall region of the syringe body;
• the connecting piece of the syringe body being connectable to said port of the base body.