US 12,329,721 B1
System and method for aseptically transferring fluid
Yuchen Zhou, San Jose, CA (US); Fengxiang Pang, Qinhuangdao (CN); Jinlong Fan, Qinhuangdao (CN); and Xinglong Wang, Qinhuangdao (CN)
Assigned to Applied Cells Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Cells Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/991,162.
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2096 (2013.01) [A61J 1/201 (2015.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for aseptically transferring a liquid substance comprising:
a sterilized vial filled with the liquid substance and sealed with a sterilized septum;
a sterilized fluidic assembly comprising:
a piercing member including therein first and second channels and having a tip end that operably punctures the sterilized septum, the first and second channels having first and second channel openings at the tip end of the piercing member;
a manual air pump;
an inlet line fluidically connecting the manual air pump to the first channel of the piercing member; and
an outlet line fluidically connected to the second channel of the piercing member at one end and hermetically sealed at the other end; and
a sterilized pouch enclosing and hermetically sealing the sterilized vial and the piercing member and operably allowing the piercing member to puncture the sterilized septum without breaching the sterilized pouch when one of the sterilized vial and the piercing member is manually pushed against the other one of the sterilized vial and the piercing member from an exterior of the sterilized pouch.