Patent ID: 8522842

Claim:
A holder for stabilizing two or more vials during a contents transfer between vials, the holder comprising: a flat base on which to place at least one medication vial, the base having a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side; a first vertical arm rising from the first end of the base and a second vertical arm rising from an opposing end of the base, each vertical arm having a top end and a bottom end and being capable of height adjustment and further being releasably engaged to the base by means of a protruding edge from the bottom end of the vertical arm, wherein the protruding edge corresponds to a groove in the end of the base such that the vertical arm can slide into the groove and lock into place prior to use and similarly be slid out of the groove in order to dismantle the holder for storage; a stabilizer band loop traveling from the top end of the first vertical arm to the top end of the opposing vertical arm in a horizontal path parallel to and superior to the base wherein the stabilizer band loop stabilizes at least one diluent vial, the diluent vial resting between the inner sides of the loop when the diluent vial is up-ended over the medication vial during a contents transfer.