Patent ID: 7470257
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A syringe safety device configured to form a fluid coupling between a sealed vial and a syringe, the syringe safety device comprising: a tubular connector having opposing first and second open axial ends, the first open axial end engaging an end of the sealed vial; and a sliding joint received in the second open axial end of the tubular connector, the sliding joint having opposing first and second open axial ends and a passageway between the first and second open axial ends, the first open axial end releasably mating with an enlarged, blunt mounting end of a syringe needle, the second axial end of the sliding joint further releasably engaging at least a releasable needle receiver on a distal end of the syringe without a needle, at least part of the passageway extending between the needle receiver and the mounting end of the syringe needle when the syringe, syringe needle and sliding joint are assembled, the syringe being releasably removable from the sliding joint after fluid coupling with the vial through the passageway of the sliding joint without removal of the sliding joint from the tubular connector and without removal of the syringe needle.