Patent ID: 9480624
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61J

Claim Text:
1. A vial adapter for use with a vial having a neck with a passage in the neck and a rim disposed adjacent the neck, a stopper disposed over the passage in the neck of the vial to control access through the passage into the vial, and a crimp ring disposed about the stopper and the rim to maintain the stopper fixed relative to the vial, the vial adapter comprising: first and second collar sections each having first and second ends that are joined with the opposing first and second ends of an other one of the first and second collar sections to form a collar having a central passage in which the neck of the vial is disposed, the central passage extending between opposite axial end surfaces of the collar and being narrowest at an inwardly depending axially central section of the collar; each of the first and second collar sections having a hook formed at each end of each of the first and second collar sections, the hooks of opposing ends of the first and second collar sections joined to each other to join the first and second collar sections together; and the first ends of each of the first and second collar sections having at least one tab depending therefrom and the second ends of each of the first and second collar sections having at least one indent formed therein, the at least one tab of each of the first and second collar sections disposed within the at least one indent of the other one of the first and second collar sections with the hooks of opposing ends of the first and second collar sections joined to each other, the at least one tab of each of the first and second collar sections being located radially outward of an inner portion of the other one of the first and second collar sections, and the at least one tab of each of the first and second collar sections defining an axial end surface of its respective collar section.