Patent ID: 6162199
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A handheld device for loading a syringe with fluid from a vial with a penetrable cap, comprisingan elongate base with a syringe channel axially aligned with and communicating with a vial chamber,a vial slider slidably installed within said vial chamber and configured with an open face vial pocket, said vial pocket configured for holding a said vial with its said penetrable cap oriented towards said syringe channel,means for securing a syringe longitudinally within said syringe channel with its syringe needle tip oriented towards said vial chamber,an elongate top hingedly attached to said base for closure thereon so as to secure a said syringe in said channel and a said vial in said vial pocket, said top having means for engaging said vial slider and causing sliding motion of said vial slider towards said channel while said top is being closed, said sliding motion of said vial slider impaling said vial through said penetrable cap with said syringe needle tip,enhanced means for gripping the plunger of the syringe for pulling so as to draw said fluid from said vial into the barrel of said syringe,enhanced means for observing the volume of said fluid drawn into said barrel, andmeans for observing the volume of said fluid remaining in said vial.