Patent ID: 8414554

Claim:
A medicament transport system for a medicament contained in a vial, the medicament transport system comprising: a syringe adapter assembly fluidly connectable to a first container, the syringe adapter assembly including: a syringe adapter sleeve; a syringe adapter plunger including a first end slidably disposed within the syringe adapter sleeve and a second end extending from the syringe adapter sleeve; and a syringe adapter needle connected to the first end of the syringe adapter plunger and fluidly connectable to the first container through the syringe adapter plunger, wherein the syringe adapter plunger has at least a first position wherein the syringe adapter needle is disposed entirely within the syringe adapter sleeve and at least a second position wherein at least a portion of the syringe adapter needle extends from the syringe adapter sleeve; and a vial adapter assembly fluidly connectable to a second container and configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the syringe adapter sleeve of the syringe adapter assembly, the vial adapter assembly including: a transfer adapter sleeve; a shuttle valve slidably disposed within the transfer adapter sleeve; and a transfer adapter needle connected to the shuttle valve and fluidly connectable to the second container through the shuttle valve, wherein the shuttle valve has at least a first position wherein the transfer adapter needle is disposed within the transfer adapter sleeve and is not in fluid communication with the second container, and at least a second position wherein the transfer adapter needle is moved to extend from the transfer adapter sleeve through a seal and into the vial to be in direct fluid communication with the vial.