Patent ID: 8540692
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61J,A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vial adaptor capable of removing medicinal fluid from a vial, the adaptor comprising: a base having a cap connector configured to couple the adaptor with the vial; a medical connector interface configured to couple the adaptor with a medical device; a piercing member having a sheath extending from the base of the vial adaptor, the piercing member configured to be inserted into the vial when the adaptor is coupled with the vial; and an extractor comprising a generally rounded aperture and a groove disposed along a sidewall of the sheath, wherein groove has an elongate dimension extending distally from the aperture, wherein the extractor is configured to provide a fluid passageway to an extractor channel extending between the extractor aperture and the medical connector interface, even if the extractor aperture is partially obstructed by a septum of the vial when the adaptor is coupled with the vial, wherein the aperture has a width that is greater than a width of the groove, and wherein the extractor is configured to permit medicinal fluid to be removed from the vial through the extractor while leaving no more than a minimal amount of medicinal fluid in the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled to the vial.