Patent ID: 8262641

Claim:
A fluid transfer system for use in transferring a medical substance from a medication container having a septum with a thickness greater than 3 mm into a delivery device, comprising: a reservoir within said delivery device adapted for storing a medical substance; a needle cannula attached to said delivery device having a lumen in fluid communication to said reservoir and having a forward tip extending away from said delivery device a pre-selected usable length of less than 3 mm, such that said usable length is less than a thickness of said septum of said container; an adapter body including: a container receiving portion said container receiving portion having a septum access needle having a lumen, and a longitudinal projection extending from said adapter body, said projection including an adapter septum having a distal portion and a thickness that is less than the usable length of said needle cannula, wherein said distal portion is in fluid communication with said septum access needle lumen and said adapter septum is located at a proximal portion of said longitudinal projection; wherein when said container is received in said container receiving portion and said delivery device needle is penetrated through said adapter septum, fluid communication between said substance in said container and said reservoir of said delivery device is established.