Patent ID: 6241717
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A61J,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A single use universal connector flexible medical container assembly containing a light-sensitive medical fluid therein packaged in an overwrap to prevent degradation of said light-sensitive medical fluid comprising:(a) a flexible medical container comprising:first and second transparent polymeric sheets superimposed and sealed together at their periphery defining an interior reservoir for the containment of said light-sensitive medical fluid, said container having an inside wall, an outside wall, a top portion and a bottom portion;an access port located at the bottom portion sealed between said first and second transparent polymeric sheets;(b) a single use universal connector comprising:(1) a connector body of tube-like configuration having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein said distal end is sealed into said access port, and said proximal end seals the light-sensitive medical fluid in the flexible medical container by(2) an elastomeric membranes;(3) a removable cap;(4) a first cap-locking ring on the proximal end of said connector body which serves as a male thread to receive said removable cap; and(5) a second cap-locking ring, spaced from said first cap-locking ring towards the distal end of said connector body, which serves as stopping means for the removable cap when said removable cap is threaded onto the connector body;said elastomeric membrane being of an inert, gas-impermeable polymeric material, capable of flexing under pressure, sealing said proximal end of said single use universal connector body, having a thickness of from about 0.001 mm to about 1.00 mm and a durometer of from about 25 to about 80 Shore A;said removable cap being threaded onto the proximal end of said connector body to maintain said elastomeric membrane in an aseptic condition prior to removal of said cap to access the light-sensitive medical fluid in the flexible medical container or to transfer a light-sensitive fluid to said flexible medical container by a luer connector said luer connector comprising:a cylindrical cap comprising a distal rim portion, a proximal rim portion and an inside wall extending from the distal rim portion to the proximal rim portion, said inside wall having threads thereon;a tubing conduit having a proximal end and a distal end and a fluid channel therein contained in said cylindrical cap whereinsaid proximal end of the tubing conduit extends beyond the proximal rim portion of said cylindrical cap and is designed to contact and rupture the elastomeric membrane when said cylindrical cap is threaded onto said single use universal connector to establish fluid communication with the light-sensitive medical fluid in the flexible medical container,(c) an overwrap enclosing said single use universal connector flexible medical container assembly containing said light-sensitive medical fluid therein, comprising:a first polymeric sheet and a second polymeric sheet having an inside wall and an outside wall superimposed and sealed together at their periphery hermetically sealing said flexible medical container wherein of from about 70% to about 90% of said first polymeric sheet and said second polymeric sheet is opaque preventing penetration of UV rays into the light-sensitive medical fluid contained in said flexible medical container and wherein of from about 10% to about 30% of said first polymeric sheet and said second polymeric sheet is transparent.