Patent ID: 8454573

Claim:
A vial accessing means for interconnecting an aspirator with a medicament container containing a medicament, comprising: (a) an adapter including: (i) a top wall; (ii) a resiliently deformable skirt connected to and extending from said top wall in a first direction for receiving a portion of the medicament container; (iii) a connector extension connected to and extending from said top wall in a second direction, said connector extension having an outer wall and an inner wall defining a bore; (iv) an adapter cannula connected to and extending from said top wall in a first direction, said adapter cannula having a lumen in communication with said bore of said connector extension; and (v) a plurality of circumferentially spaced, buttress members connected to said resiliently deformable skirt, said plurality of buttress members defining an opening and being movable between a first position and a second position; (b) a needle sheath received within said opening defined by said buttress members, said needle sheath being in engagement with said inner wall of said connector extension and including a yieldably deformable outer wall terminating in a generally annular shaped tapered flange defining an opening, said yieldably deformable outer wall being movable between a first position and a second position; and (c) a syringe connector assembly for interconnection with an aspirator, said syringe connector assembly being lockably interconnected with said needle sheath.