US 12,239,609 B2
Modular vial adapter
Scott Richard Ariagno, Inverness, IL (US); and Daniel Edward Roush, Niles, IL (US)
Assigned to TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed by TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/338,209.
Application 17/338,209 is a continuation of application No. 15/840,004, filed on Dec. 13, 2017, granted, now 11,033,459.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,512, filed on Dec. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283016 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01); A61M 5/162 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2065 (2015.05) [A61J 1/14 (2013.01); A61J 1/1475 (2013.01); A61J 1/20 (2013.01); A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2072 (2015.05); A61J 1/2082 (2015.05); A61J 1/2086 (2015.05); A61M 5/162 (2013.01); A61M 39/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular vial adapter for interconnecting a vial with a delivery device, the modular vial adapter comprising:
a spike member comprising a base and a distal tip extending therefrom, the spike member further comprising at least a first lumen extending from the base to the distal tip and providing a fluid pathway therethrough;
a separately formed port member comprising a first end defining a base directly coupled to the base of the spike member and an opposing second end defining a connector assembly, the port member further comprising a channel extending therethrough from the first end to the second end and in fluid communication with the fluid pathway of the first lumen of the spike member upon coupling of spike member base with the base of the port member; and
a separately formed skirt member comprising a proximal end defining a base including a recess having a bore extending therethrough, wherein the recess is shaped and/or sized for receiving and retaining portions of the spike member and port member therein,
wherein, upon positioning of a vial closure within a cavity of the skirt member, the distal tip of the spike member is configured to penetrate a seal of the vial and fluid content within the vial is available for transfer to a delivery device releasably coupled to at least the connector assembly of the port member via the fluid pathway from the distal tip of the spike member through the channel of the port member and out of the connecter assembly of the port member, and
wherein, when the spike member, the port member, and the skirt member are unassembled, at least one of the spike member, the port member, or the skirt member is interchangeable with a plurality of other components having one of different dimensions, characteristics, components, or materials than the at least one of the spike member, the port member, or the skirt member.