Patent ID: 8506547

Claim:
A device for maintaining the sterility of a sterile field in a surgical environment when transferring liquid from a non-sterile field to the sterile field, the device comprising: a barrier wall comprising a first surface and a second surface separated from the first surface and a first through bore spaced apart from a second through bore, the first and second through bores extending from the first surface to the second surface; a first inlet port attached to the first surface of the barrier wall and in fluid communication with the first through bore; and a first outlet port attached to a second surface of the barrier wall and in fluid communication with the first inlet port and the first through bore, the first inlet port and the first outlet port both being configured to engage a discharge end of separate first and second syringes, wherein the discharge ends of the first and second syringes are configured to fluidly communicate respectively with the first inlet port and the first outlet port for transferring liquid from the non-sterile field of the first syringe to the sterile field of the second syringe without contaminating the sterile field.