US 12,459,683 B1
Apparatus for filling a medicament preparation vial
Alejandra Linares Martinez, Boonton, NJ (US); Martin Michael Coyne, III, Boonton, NJ (US); and Katherine Ford Brigham, Boonton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/960,517.
Int. Cl. B65B 3/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/003 (2013.01) [A61J 1/2013 (2015.05); A61J 1/2089 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for filling a medicament preparation vial with a fixed volume of diluent from a storage container, the apparatus comprising:
a container defining a chamber configured to receive the fixed volume of diluent;
an inlet comprising an inlet spike configured to be removably insertable into a port of the storage container;
an outlet comprising an outlet spike configured to be removably insertable into the medicament preparation vial;
an inlet valve located downstream of the inlet spike, the inlet valve having a first state in which the inlet valve allows fluid communication between the inlet and the chamber, and a second state in which the inlet valve prevents fluid communication between the inlet and the chamber; and
an outlet valve located upstream of the outlet spike, the outlet valve having a first outlet valve state in which the outlet valve prevents fluid communication between the chamber and the outlet, and a second outlet valve state in which the outlet valve allows fluid communication between the chamber and the outlet,
wherein the outlet valve is in the first outlet valve state when the inlet valve is in the first state,
wherein, when the inlet valve is in the second state, the outlet valve is moveable from the first outlet valve state to the second outlet valve state, and
wherein the outlet spike is reversibly moveable in a direction towards the inlet spike such that a state of the outlet valve is changeable from the first outlet valve state to the second outlet valve state.