Sterile Fluid Pathway Connection to Drug Containers for Drug Delivery Pumps

A fluid pathway connection comprising:

• a drug container having
• a barrel having a proximal end and a distal end,
• a pierceable seal disposed at the proximal end of the barrel, and
• a cap disposed at the proximal end of the barrel,
• a piercing member,
• a fluid conduit,
• a connection hub, the piercing member being connected to the connection hub, and
• a sterile sleeve, one end of the sterile sleeve being fixedly coupled to the connection hub and the opposing end being fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the drug container, the piercing member being disposed within the sterile sleeve between the connection hub and the pierceable seal of the drug container in an initial unactivated position,
• wherein the pierceable seal and the connection hub are adapted for relative movement between the initial unactivated position wherein the piercing member does not pierce the pierceable seal, and an activated position wherein the piercing member extends through the seal, and
• wherein the sterile sleeve being compressible or collapsible and adapted to compress or collapse as the connection hub and the pierceable seal is moved relatively between the initial unactivated position and the activated position.