US 9,254,242 B2Granted

Connector device

AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.

InventorsMarcel Mueller, Maurice Ducret

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Abstract

A connector device for connecting two containers with first and second members slidably displaceable in regard to each other along an axis between a first and a second position is presented. The first member comprises a needle parallel to the axis so that the first container's septum is penetrated by one end of the needle when the first container is introduced into the first member. The second member comprises a coupling to the second container. The other needle end penetrates the second container's septum when the members are in the second position establishing a connection between the two containers. The first member comprises a coupling to the second container coupled to the second member. The first member can couple to the second container when the two members are in the second position and cannot couple to the second container when the two members are in the first position.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A connector device configured for fluidly connecting two containers with two members that are slidably displaceable in regard to each other along an axis between a first and a second position, the connector device comprising:

a first member comprising a needle with two ends arranged parallel to the axis in such a way that a septum of a first container can be penetrated by one end of the needle when the first container is introduced into a receptacle of the first member;
a second member comprising a releasable coupling to a second container wherein the other end of the needle does not come into contact with a septum of the second container coupled to the second member when the members are in the first position, and the other needle end penetrates the septum of the second container when the members are in the second position for establishing a fluid connection between the two containers;
wherein the first member comprises a releasable coupling to the second container that is coupled to the second member and wherein the coupling of the first member couples to the second container when the two members are in the second position and cannot couple to the second container when the two members are in the first position;
wherein the coupling of the second member and the coupling of the first member comprise a plurality of pawls that are adapted to engage with a neck of the second container;
and
wherein the pawls of the first member run in slots on the second member.

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A connector device configured for fluidly connecting two containers, the connector device including two members that are slidably displaceable in regard to each other along an axis between a first and a second position, the connector device comprising:

a first member comprising a needle with two ends arranged parallel to the axis in such a way that a septum of a first container can be penetrated by one end of the needle when the first container is introduced into a receptacle of the first member;
a second member comprising a releasable coupling to a second container wherein the other end of the needle is configured to not come into contact with a septum of the second container coupled to the second member when the members are in the first position, and the other needle end is configured to penetrate the septum of the second container when the members are in the second position establishing a fluid connection between the two containers;
and
wherein the first member comprises a releasable coupling to the second container that is coupled to the second member and wherein the coupling of the first member couples to the second container when the two members are in the second position and cannot couple of the second container when the two members are in the first position;
wherein the first member comprises a guiding structure and the second member comprises a guiding structure;
and
wherein the guiding structure of at least one of the first and second members has one or more cams that run in grooves on the guiding structure of the other one of the first and second members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/049,329Filed 9 Oct 2013 · continuation
Priority: EP 1116200612 Apr 2011
Published: US 2014/0034185 A16 Feb 2014
Granted: 9 Feb 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A61J 1/2065
Connecting means: having aligning and guiding means
A61J 1/1406
Details; Accessories therefor: septums, pierceable membranes
A61J 1/2089
Arrangements for transferring or mixing fluids, e.g. from vial to syringe: containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to…
A61J 1/2013
Piercing means: having two piercing ends

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PCT/EP2012/053579Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Mar 2012
US 2014/0034185 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Feb 2014
US 9,254,242 B2This patent

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