SLIDING RECONSTITUTION DEVICE FOR A DILUENT CONTAINER

摘要

A connector device (10) is disclosed for establishing fluid communication between a diluent container (12) having sidewalls and a drug vial (14). The connector (10) has a piercing member (51) having a first end (52) and a second end (53) and a central fluid pathway (54). The piercing member (51) is mounted to the liquid container (12) and has fluid accessing portions hermetically sealed from an outside environment. A vial receiving chamber is associated with the piercing member (51) and is dimensioned to connect to the vial (14). The vial (14) may be selectively attached to the device (10) without piercing the closure (22) of the vial (14) and without breaching the hermetic seal of the fluid accessing portions of the piercing member (51). Means are provided for connecting the vial receiving chamber to the liquid container (12). The device (10) is movable from an inactivated position, where the piercing member (51) is outside the sidewalls and no fluid flows between the liquid container (12) and the drug vial (14), to an activated position, where fluid flows through the fluid pathway (54) between the liquid container (12) and the drug vial (14). The device (10) is movable from the inactivated position to the activated position by a force applied to the device (10) outside the liquid container (12).