CONVENIENCE KITS FOR TRANSPORTING AND ACCESSING MEDICAL VIALS

摘要

This is an application for patent for convenience kits which comprise novel improvements over convenience kits disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,449,521 titled METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING A VIAL SHIELDING CONVENIENCE KIT allowed May 28, 2013 ('521). Generally, convenience kits made according to '521 can be used to displace vials into a safety bag for spiking and dispensing fluids from the vials. Novelty for the current application is found in a provision for sealing and perpetually enclosing a vial within a bag and being able to spike and access fluid from the vial at any time thereafter.

主权项

1. A convenience kit which provides a flexible, transparent bag for perpetually enclosing and therein spiking a vial which is displaced into the shield prior to being spiked, the bag not requiring further opening through medical procedure and disposal, said kit comprising:
a vial adapter having a vial spike for piercing a vial septum on one end and a fluid dispensing portion on the opposite end thereof, said fluid dispensing portion comprising a hollow cylindrical tube comprising internal geometry consistent with a female luer fitting and distally disposed outwardly protruding flanges structured for mating with a male luer locking connector and further comprising a cylindrical outer surface of predetermined length and diameter proximally disposed relative to said flanges; a fluid communicating device comprising a male luer part which further comprises a luer locking connector and associated male luer fitting which provides a luer locking interface for flanges and geometry of said female luer fitting, said luer locking interface comprising a hollow cylindrical shape of predetermined radial diameter and linear length; a hollow cylindrical elastic gasket having an internal diameter which is sized to fit tightly about said outer surface when relaxed but having sufficient elasticity to be stretched without permanent deformation to be displaced over said flanges, said gasket having proximal and distal edges which define a length which is less than the predetermined length of the cylindrical outer surface of the dispensing portion and a wall thickness which is sized to contact circumferentially said luer locking interface; the flexible bag comprising a flexible exterior with a top opening which can be sealed closed to provide for complete bag closure at a vial introduction end and further comprising an otherwise closed bag including a bag bottom at an end opposite the top opening; and said bag comprising a perforation which is sealed closed about the fluid dispensing portion of said vial adapter by complimentary, compressive displacement of said gasket and said male luer part to permit fluid flow only through said fluid dispensing portion; and a vial septum cleaning fluid containment vessel comprising an outer compressible housing, a capsule disposed within said housing, a predetermined quantity of cleaning fluid disposed within the capsule and a porous wipe for communicating cleaning fluid to the vial septum; said capsule further comprising wall structure which is fractured by pressure applied to the exterior of the bag and through said outer housing to release cleaning fluid which wets the wipe for cleaning the vial septum prior to spiking.