Patent ID: 7556623
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: A61J,A61M,B67B

Abstract:
1. A tool for use with at least one of a medication vial and a syringe, each of the vial and the syringe having a removable cap, the tool comprising: a housing having a top side, a bottom side, and a surrounding edge; a first aperture defined in an outer surface of the housing, the first aperture including a flange shaped to engage the vial cap; a second aperture defined in the outer surface of the housing, the aperture sized to permit placement of a forward portion of the syringe including the syringe cap into the second aperture; an actuator button shiftably mounted to the housing and moveable between a first position and a second position; and a gripper mounted within the housing and having a pair of arms, each of the arms biased to a retracted position, the gripper responsive to movement of the actuator button to permit movement of the arms between the retracted position in which the arms are disposed away from a central axis of the second aperture, and an extended position in which the arms are disposed toward the central axis of the second aperture.