Patent ID: 11938094
Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A compounder system, comprising:
a cassette cartridge comprising:
a plurality of controllable fluid pathways fluidly coupled to at least one diluent port and a receiving container port;
a pump member actuable to pump a fluid within the plurality of controllable fluid pathways; and

a needle configured to couple the plurality of controllable fluid pathways to a vial containing a drug, wherein the needle comprises a dual-lumen needle comprising:
a fluid pathway having upper and lower fluid ports;
a gas pathway having upper and lower gas ports;
a vertical divider between the fluid pathway and the gas pathway;
a first channel definition member disposed on a fluid pathway side of the vertical divider and configured to shape and size a fluid lumen comprising the fluid pathway;
a second channel definition member disposed on a gas pathway side of the vertical divider and configured to shape and size a vent lumen comprising the gas pathway; and
a tip,
wherein the lower fluid port and the lower gas port are located away from the tip, and
wherein the lower fluid port and the lower gas port are horizontally spaced apart 180 degrees.