Patent ID: 8316898
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. Automatic liquid drug preparation apparatus for preparing a predetermined dosage of liquid drug for administration, the apparatus intended for use with a preparatory assemblage with liquid drug constituents for processing into a liquid drug assemblage with the predetermined dosage, of liquid drug, the preparatory assemblage including a fluid control device, a vial prefilled with a medicament and having a vial longitudinal axis, and a syringe with a syringe longitudinal axis and having a syringe end wall with an inside surface and a reciprocal plunger with a proximal plunger head and a distal plunger tip, the syringe being pre-filled with diluent for mixing with the medicament, the fluid control device including a body member having a syringe port for receiving the syringe, a vial adapter having a downward depending skirt with a plurality of upright slits defining flex members for snap fitting onto the vial, and a drug administration port for administrating the liquid drug, the vial adapter and the vial attached thereto being detachable from the body member on rotation with respect thereto, the fluid control device having a mixing flow path between the syringe port and the vial adapter and an administration flow path between the syringe port and the drug administration port, the apparatus comprising: