Patent ID: 8992490
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A drip chamber for an infusion device for attachment to a closure part of an infusion container, which has a withdrawal part for withdrawing liquid, with an opening closed by a pierceable membrane, and an injection part for injecting a liquid the injection part having an opening closed by a pierceable membrane, wherein the drip chamber comprising: an attachment part, which can be attached to the closure part of the infusion container, a housing body, which is connected to the attachment part and has a distal inlet and a proximal outlet, a piercing spike, which is attached to the distal inlet of the housing body and can be inserted into the pierceable membrane of the withdrawal part of the closure part of the infusion container, wherein the attachment part includes a cylindrical projection having a locking element which, when the attachment part is attached to the closure part of the infusion container, engages behind a projection provided on the opening of the injection part of the closure part, wherein the cylindrical projection is configured to be plugged with a latching or snap-fitting action into the opening of the injection part of the closure part of the infusion container.