US 12,188,001 B2
Connector
Farlan Veraitch, London (GB); William Raimes, London (GB); Richard Smith, Gamlingay (GB); and Neil Anthony Litten, Mortimer (GB)
Assigned to Oribiotech LTD, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/785,372
Filed by Oribiotech LTD, London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/053229
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/123760, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1918663 (GB), filed on Dec. 17, 2019; and application No. 2010167 (GB), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0028474 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. C12M 1/26 (2006.01); A61J 1/00 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 33/04 (2013.01) [A61J 1/00 (2013.01); A61J 1/2003 (2015.05); A61J 1/2013 (2015.05); B01L 3/563 (2013.01); C12M 23/06 (2013.01); C12M 23/28 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 23/48 (2013.01); C12M 47/02 (2013.01); C12M 47/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0672 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0683 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector for introducing or extracting a material to or from at least one receptacle, the connector comprising:
a housing including a first end and a second end, the housing comprising, at least at one end thereof, a pierceable seal;
a hollow needle mounted at least partially within the housing between the first end and the second end of the housing, a first end of the hollow needle is configured to connect to a first receptacle, and a second end of the hollow needle facing the pierceable seal at an end of the housing;
an actuating mechanism to act on the housing or the hollow needle and move the hollow needle to pierce the pierceable seal to form a communication through the pierceable seal, the communication configured to transfer the material through the connector; and
an aseptic seal system including an aseptic membrane and a clip portion, the aseptic membrane being disposed over the pierceable seal at the or each end of the housing of the connector and being operably coupled to the clip portion, and the clip portion being slidably operably connected to the connector with the clip portion slidable between: a first configuration in which the aseptic membrane is disposed over the pierceable seal; and a second configuration in which the aseptic membrane is removed from disposition over the pierceable seal.