US 12,258,199 B2
Apparatus, system, and methods for closed fluid delivery
Matthew Machata, Mansfield, MA (US); and Martin Johns, Mansfield, MA (US)
Assigned to ERADOCATE, LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by ERADOCATE, LLC, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,210.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,877, filed on Jan. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212853 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 51/22 (2006.01); B65D 81/32 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/3205 (2013.01) [B65D 51/222 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closed fluid delivery adapter apparatus comprising:
a first portion having a first mateable end connectable to a bottle along an opening of the bottle, the first portion having a sidewall extending away from the first mateable end;
a second portion in communication with the first portion, the second portion having a second mateable end extending away from the first portion, wherein the second mateable end is positioned to removably connect to a container, wherein the container is a separate vessel from the bottle, and wherein the second portion has an inner sidewall positioned along the fluid pathway and an outer sidewall positioned along an exterior surface of the second portion, wherein a gap is formed in a space between the inner and outer sidewalls;
a fluid pathway extending between the first and second portions;
threads formed on at least the sidewall of the first portion positioned along the fluid pathway;
a puncturing structure connected to the inner sidewall of the second portion positioned along the fluid pathway, and extending towards the first portion; and
a removable collar positioned at least partially between the first and second portions, wherein the removable collar prevents the first and second portions from moving closer together, and wherein, upon removal of the removable collar, the first and second portions are movable closer together, to a position where the threads formed on the sidewall of the first portion are positioned within the gap formed between the inner and outer sidewalls of the second portion, and the puncturing structure punctures a membrane, thereby allowing a quantity of fluid to flow from the bottle and through the closed fluid delivery adapter and into the container.