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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1978
Filed:
May. 07, 1976
Elmer A Koenig, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Sherwood Medical Industries Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A container having a sealed chamber for receiving an ampule containing a parenteral solution. The container device has a luer tapered connector for connection with a luer tapered coupling element of another device, such as a hypodermic syringe barrel tip. Between the connector and the chamber is a filter for filtering the parenteral solution as it is discharged from the ampule. The container device may be formed of a pliable material such that a glass ampule within the chamber can be broken by hand-squeezing the container. The container may also be formed of a pair of relatively rigid threadedly coupled members with a glass ampule between the members and such that the two members can be rotated to move the members together and break the glass ampule. The container device may also be provided with a pair of threadedly coupled upper and lower relatively rigid members having a seal on the interior of the upper member engaged with the open end of the ampule. In the latter case, a glass ampule may be broken or opened outside of the container and then placed inside the container so that the solution within the opened ampule can be filtered through a filter in the container.