Patent ID: 8414555
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A61J,B65B

Abstract:
1. A medicament transport system for a medicament contained in a vial, the medicament transport system comprising: a syringe adapter assembly fluidly connectable to a first container, the syringe adapter assembly including: a vial adapter assembly connectable to a neck of the vial and configured to receive the body portion of the syringe adapter assembly, the vial adapter assembly including: wherein the medicament transport system includes a first condition in which the needle shuttle valve is in a retracted position such that the transfer needle and the vacuum needle do not extend through the seal member of the base of the vial adapter, and the vacuum cup is in an advanced position such that the volume of the vacuum chamber is at a minimum; wherein the medicament transport system includes a second condition in which the body portion of the syringe adapter assembly is advanced through the lumen of the stem such that the second end of the transfer needle penetrates through the seal member of the body portion and the needle shuttle valve is advanced through the lumen of the stem to penetrate the first end of the transfer needle and a tip of the vacuum needle through the seal member of the vial adapter assembly, and wherein the vacuum needle is brought into fluid communication with the opening formed in the wall of the stem; and wherein the medicament transport system includes a third condition in which the vacuum cup is moved to a proximal position thereby enlarging the vacuum chamber and drawing a vacuum through the vacuum needle.