Patent ID: 9707337
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A user-initiated fluid pathway connection comprises: a piercing member directly connected to a connection hub, a sterile sleeve, and a drug container having a cap, a pierceable seal, a barrel, and a plunger seal, the piercing member and the pierceable seal being substantially coaxial, the pierceable seal and the connection hub being adapted for relative movement between an initial unactivated position wherein the piercing member does not pierce the pierceable seal, and an activated position wherein the piercing member extends through the seal, wherein one end of the sterile sleeve is coupled to the connection hub and the opposing end of the sterile sleeve is fixedly coupled to the drug container, and wherein the piercing member is disposed within the sterile sleeve between the connection hub and the pierceable seal of the drug container in the initial unactivated position, the sterile sleeve being compressible or collapsible and adapted to compress or collapse as the connection hub and the pierceable seal are moved relatively toward one another to pierce the pierceable seal.