US 11,925,600 B2
Fluid transfer station in a robotic pharmaceutical preparation system
Eric Shem-Tov, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Marino Kriheli, Savion (IL); Boaz Slav, Haifa (IL); Raanan Tavor, Yuvalim (IL); and Gonen Daskal, Akersberga (SE)
Filed by Equashield Medical Ltd, Migdal Tefen (IL)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/132,045.
Application 18/132,045 is a continuation of application No. 18/118,999, filed on Mar. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/429,340, filed on Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,014, filed on Nov. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,004, filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310273 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2055 (2015.05) [A61J 1/1406 (2013.01); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01); A61J 2200/70 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid transfer connector, comprising:
a body member couplable to a fluid transfer unit at a unit coupling portion, the body member being shaped to define a body lumen;
a fluid transfer conduit extending axially from the unit coupling portion into the body lumen, the fluid transfer unit being configured to establish fluid communication with the fluid transfer unit when the fluid transfer unit is coupled to the unit coupling portion;
a sleeve arranged coaxially relative to the body member;
a fluid transfer connector septum mounted at a distal end of the sleeve,
the sleeve and the body member being configured to move relative to each other between an extended position and a collapsed position;
a locking mechanism configured to switch between a locked state and an unlocked state for selectively enabling and preventing the relative movement of the sleeve and the body member; and
an actuator,
wherein the locking mechanism is configured to enable the relative movement between the sleeve and the body member from the extended position to the collapsed position upon activation of the actuator, and
wherein said actuator is actuatable irrespective of an axial force applied onto the fluid transfer connector septum.