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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1983
William W Hargrove, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Dale C Harris, Fairland, IN (US);
Michael J Akers, Greenwood, IN (US);
Charles R Sperry, Westport, CT (US);
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for connecting a vial into the delivery tube of an intravenous administration set, the set including a container of fluid connected to one end of a delivery tube with the other end of the delivery tube adapted for insertion into the patient. The apparatus includes a penetrating spike penetrating an end of the vial which provides two pathways into the interior of the vial with two sections of the delivery tube connected to the two pathways of the penetrating spike. The apparatus also includes a frame for maintaining the two sections of the delivery tube adjacent to each other and clamp for releasably closing the adjacent sections of the delivery tube to temporarily prevent flow of fluid through the penetrating spike.