ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,234, issued on July 8, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Devices for accessing medicinal fluid from a container" was invented by Dee E. Warren (Draper, Utah) and Dan Lopez (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure wit...