Patent ID: 9107808
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61J,A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vial adaptor capable of removing medicinal fluid from a vial, the adaptor comprising: a cap connector capable of coupling the adaptor to the vial; a piercing member having an outer surface extending from a base of the cap connector towards a tip at a distal end of the piercing member, wherein the piercing member is capable of being inserted into the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial; a sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the piercing member, wherein at least a portion of the sleeve is forced toward a proximal end of the piercing member when the piercing member is inserted into the vial, and wherein the sleeve remains exterior to the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial; and an extractor aperture disposed along a sidewall of the outer surface, wherein at least a portion of the extractor aperture has an elongate dimension, and wherein the extractor aperture provides a fluid passageway to an extractor channel, even if the extractor aperture is partially obstructed by a septum of the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial; wherein the extractor aperture is positioned closer to the base than to the tip of the piercing member.