US 12,345,352 B2
Fluid transfer device and method of use for same
Thomas F. Fangrow, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Amanda Punim, Dana Point, CA (US); David Nelson, Irvine, CA (US); Erik Scott Shauver, Tustin, CA (US); and Christopher James Hughes, Dana Point, CA (US)
Assigned to ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed by ICU Medical, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,028.
Application 18/313,028 is a continuation of application No. 17/497,733, filed on Oct. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,674,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/090,086, filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349484 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 35/02 (2006.01); A61J 1/10 (2006.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); F16K 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 35/022 (2013.01) [A61J 1/10 (2013.01); A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2037 (2015.05); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); F16K 21/00 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a fluid transfer device comprising an attachment portion configured to connect to a portion of a first container, the attachment portion comprising:
a base;
a projection extending outward from the base and defining a fluid passage, the projection configured to puncture a seal of the first container to provide fluid communication between the fluid passage and an interior of the first container;
a pair of latch arms extending outward from the base, the pair of latch arms spaced from one another and spaced from the first projection, the pair of latch arms configured to secure to the portion of the first container; and
a pair of guide arms extending outward from the base, the pair of guide arms spaced from one another and spaced from the pair of latch arms of the fluid transfer device; and
an adapter configured to be secured to the fluid transfer device and allow the attachment portion of the fluid transfer device to connect to a portion of a second container that is different than the first container, the adapter comprising:
a base;
an opening extending through the base;
a pair of support arms extending outward from the base of the adapter and spaced from one another; and
a pair of latch arms extending outward from the base of the adapter, the pair of latch arms of the adapter spaced from one another and spaced from the pair of support arms, the pair of latch arms of the adapter configured to secure to the portion of the second container;
wherein, when the adapter is secured to the fluid transfer device:
the projection of the fluid transfer device extends through the opening of the adapter; and
each of the pair of support arms of the adapter extends along one of the pair of latch arms of the attachment portion and is configured to secure the adapter to the fluid transfer device.