US 11,730,678 B2
Secured medication transfer system
Keith Daniel Alsberg, Evanston, IL (US); Christopher John DeMaria, Stow, MA (US); Kenneth James Micklash, II, Carmel, IN (US); and Gary Harlan Paulsen, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Appl. No. 16/323,650
Filed by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 18, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/047563
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 6, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/039065, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/377,853, filed on Aug. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0167526 A1, Jun. 6, 2019
Int. Cl. A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); A61J 1/14 (2023.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/2096 (2013.01) [A61J 1/16 (2013.01); A61M 5/1782 (2013.01); A61J 1/1443 (2013.01); A61J 1/20 (2013.01); A61J 1/201 (2015.05); A61J 1/2048 (2015.05); A61J 1/2058 (2015.05); A61J 1/2065 (2015.05); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1077 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vial adaptor configured for use with a vial containing a medication and a needle assembly having a needle, the vial adaptor comprising:
a substantially hollow body configured to couple with the vial, the body including a side wall and an upper wall, the side wall including a rounded portion, a first flat portion, and a second flat portion positioned opposite the first flat portion, the first and second flat portions extending radially outwardly from the rounded portion;
a needle opening in the body, the needle opening being arranged along an axis and being sized and shaped to receive the needle along the axis to withdraw the medication from the vial;
a cleaning passageway in the body, the cleaning passageway having an inlet in the side wall and being sized and shaped to receive a cleaning device to clean the vial; and
a shroud extending radially outward from the body to block needle insertion into the vial through the cleaning passageway, the first and second flat portions of the side wall deviating radially outwardly from the rounded portion to follow the path of the shroud to block needle insertion into the vial through the cleaning passageway, wherein the inlet and the first and second flat portions deviate radially outwardly from a lower end of the inlet to an upper end of the inlet, wherein the first and second flat portions and the rounded portion of the side wall are positioned in a plane perpendicular to the axis between the lower end of the inlet and the upper end of the inlet, and wherein the shroud is positioned between the first and second flat portions and cooperates with the first and second flat portions to define the inlet of the cleaning passageway.