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US 8,480,645 B1Granted
Multi-dose device for insertion into a vial and method of using the same
OwnerSambhu N. Choudhury, Sean M. Lynch +2inventors
InventorsSambhu N. Choudhury, Sean M. Lynch, Arturo David Sanchez, Gordon Edgar Atkinson
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Abstract
The present invention is a multi-dose device for insertion into a vial containing a fluid. The device has a double-nested needle inserter for insertion into the vial. Opposite the double-nested needle inserter is an air opening stack and a Luer lock port.
Claims4
An multi-dose device for insertion into a vial, the device being comprised of:
- an air opening stack;
- a Luer lock port comprising a one-way valve configured such that the valve does not allow injection of air or fluid into the vial via the Luer lock port;
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- a double-nested needle inserter on a side of the device opposite the air opening stack and the Luer lock port,
- wherein the double-nested needle inserter is comprised of an inner needle inserter substantially surrounded by an outer needle inserter and wherein a base of the double-nested needle inserter is shaped to allow piercing a vial;
- wherein the inner needle inserter and outer needle inserter are configured to allow aspiration from a vial and simultaneously allow air to be aspirated into the vial through separate access points for each needle inserter;
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- wherein the air opening stack connects to one needle inserter and the Luer lock port connects to the other needle inserter.
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