Method for screwing medication vials to IV-bags
OwnerMargaret A. Bellinventor
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Abstract
A method of screwing medication vials to IV-bags utilizing a power tool having a socket (58) with a bowl-shaped hard shell (60) defining a mouth (86) with a resilient material insert (62) lining an interior surface thereof and being held therein by a removable retainer at a lip of the mouth. The lining material defines a cylindrically-shaped vial-receiving cavity (88) of a size for receiving a bottom-end portion (96) of a medication vial, with lining material engaging radially the received bottom-end portion for imparting movement thereto. The socket has an attachment device (66) positioned at an end of the socket opposite the mouth for attaching the socket to a rotary motor (54, 102) of a rotating tool.
Claims7
A method of screwing medication vials to IV-bags comprising the steps of:
- providing a power tool having a rotatable socket movably attached thereto, said rotatable socket having a mouth at one end thereof dimensioned to frictionally receive therein and rotate a bottom end portion of a medication vial;
- providing a medication vial having a bottom end portion and a threaded neck;
- providing an IV-bag having a threaded mouth;
- inserting the bottom-end portion of the medication vial into the mount of the rotatable socket;
- inserting the threaded neck of the medication vial
- rotating the socket containing the bottom portion of the medication vial therein with the power tool while holding the threaded mouth of the IV-bag stationary thereby threadingly connecting the medication vial to the IV-bag;
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- removing the rotatable socket from the bottom portion of the medication vial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.