American Hospital Supply Corporation

Walter Seemayer

Pradip V Choksi

William G Bloom

Donald Leroy Johnston

A transfer device for charging a series of hypodermic syringes with medicament from a vial, such as in hospital pharmacies. The transfer device includes a valved spike with a syringe coupler rigidly supported on the spike. Contained within the syringe coupler is a longitudinally collapsible valve that opens upon insertion of a blunt syringe tip into the coupler and closes upon removal of such syringe tip. A protective skirt on the coupler has snap lugs for securing the transfer device to the vial.

Valved spike transfer device

A thermoplastic needle for injecting sterile liquid into a vial with lateral turbulent motion while air from such vial escapes through a special vent groove on the needle. The needle also has spaced stop wings adjacent a rear portion of the vent groove to prevent overinsertion and occlusion of the vent groove.

Vented needle for medical liquids

A connector for joining a small dose syringe to a large reservoir syringe for filling the small dose syringe from the reservoir syringe. The connector has a tubular female-to-female coupler and there is a protector housing that is spaced radially outward from and extends forwardly beyond the coupler portion that attaches to the small dose syringe, thereby protecting this coupler portion from touch contamination. A removable closure with a recessed plug protects the small dose coupler portion from contamination when not in use.

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Burbank, CA, United States of America

Walter Seemayer