Patents Assigned to Medimop Medical Projects, Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130237904Abstract: Inline liquid drug medical devices for use with a source of physiological fluid and a medicinal vessel for liquid drug reconstitution and administration purposes. The inline liquid drug medical devices include a housing having a longitudinal device axis, a rotary flow control member and a vial adapter for transposing the flow control member from an initial first flow control position for liquid drug reconstitution purposes to a second flow control position for liquid drug administration purposes. The inline liquid drug medical devices include a syringe port and a drug dispensing port co-axial with the device axis. The rotary flow control member is rotatable about an axis of rotation co-axial with the syringe port and the drug dispensing port.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Igor Deneburg, Nimrod Lev, Moshe Gilboa
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Publication number: 20130226100Abstract: Inline liquid drug medical device having a longitudinal device axis, a housing with a flow control member rotatable within a transverse bore from a first flow control position for establishing flow communication between a first pair of ports for liquid drug reconstitution purposes to a second flow control position for establishing flow communication between a second pair of ports for liquid drug administration purposes, and a manually operated actuator for rotating the flow control member from its first flow control position to its second flow control position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventor: Amir Lev
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Publication number: 20130190691Abstract: A cartridge interface assembly (80) characterised by a driving plunger (82) including an outer shaft (84), and a driver (86) including an inner shaft (88) movable telescopically with respect to the outer shaft (84), wherein rotation of the driver (86) causes the driving plunger (82) to advance in a direction away from the driver (86), and wherein the cartridge interface assembly (80) is inserted in a cartridge (22) in which a plunger (24) is slidingly disposed, and rotation of the driver (86) causes the driving plunger (82) to advance distally in the cartridge (22) until abutting against the plunger (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventor: Oz Cabiri
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Patent number: 8465455Abstract: A cartridge insertion assembly including apparatus with a pathway formed therein, a cartridge insertable into the pathway, the cartridge including a cartridge coupling element connectable to an activation mechanism disposed in the apparatus operative to cause a substance contained in the cartridge to be metered out of the cartridge, and a door pivoted to the apparatus that includes a door coupling element arranged with respect to the cartridge such that when the door is in a fully closed position, the door coupling element couples the cartridge coupling element with a coupling element of the activation mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Oz Cabiri
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Patent number: 8435210Abstract: Fluid control device (70) including a housing (31) with a syringe port (33) for receiving a syringe, a vial adapter port (36) with a vial adapter (86) for snap fit receiving a vial, and a drug administration port (34) for administering a liquid drug. The vial adapter is intended to be rotationally detached after a mixing procedure for discarding together with a spent vial. The fluid control device additionally includes a manually depressed actuator (74) for sealing pathways which may lead to leakage of liquid drug subsequent to vial adapter detachment, thereby facilitating their use for handling and administration of hazardous liquid drugs. The manually depressed actuator preferably precludes vial adapter detachment prior to actuation, thereby ensuring failsafe operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Freddy Zinger, Igor Denenburg
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Publication number: 20130046269Abstract: Liquid drug transfer devices including a vented vial adapter having a top wall, a downward depending skirt, and a dual lumen puncturing spike. The top wall includes vent apertures in flow communication with an underlying air filter and protective hoods for covering the vent apertures from splashes. The hood-like hoods are preferably quarter sphere shaped with hood apertures facing radial outwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Amir Lev, Niv Ben Shalom
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Publication number: 20130041346Abstract: Substance-administration apparatus (20) is provided, including a housing (22), and a needle (80), couplable to the housing (22), having a skin-insertion portion 0.3-2.5 mm in length and an outer diameter less than 0.23 mm. A dosage regulator (60) regulates a dosage of substance injected in a single injection through the needle (80). Dosage is selectable by a setting of the dosage regulator (60) as one of a plurality of selectable dosages. At least one dosage is less than or equal to 10 ul. An injection driver (54), activatable by a user, drives the substance through the needle (80). A motor coupled to the injection driver (54) is actuated by the dosage regulator (60) in a pulsatile manner to produce brief periods of high pressure in the apparatus (20) that expel a predetermined volume of the substance through the needle (80) at a controlled rate. Other applications are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventor: Ruth Alon
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Patent number: 8348898Abstract: A needle assembly adapted for fluid communication with a vial containing a substance to be delivered to a subject, the needle assembly including a needle held in a needle holder, the needle holder confined to move in a housing, and an activation mechanism for activating delivery of the substance through the needle, the activation mechanism including a safety latch that initially impedes movement of the needle holder, wherein when the safety latch is placed on the subject, the safety latch moves to a position that permits moving the needle holder to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing to pierce the subject to allow administration of the substance to the subject, characterized by a biasing device arranged to apply a biasing force on the needle to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing to pierce the subject, and needle release apparatus including a needle arrestor that initially blocks movement of the biasing device and which releases the biasing device when the safety latch movesType: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Oz Cabiri
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Publication number: 20120323172Abstract: Inline liquid drug medical device having a longitudinal device axis, a housing with a linear displaceable sliding flow control member displaceable along a transverse bore from a first flow control position for establishing flow communication between a first pair of ports for liquid drug reconstitution purposes to a second flow control position for establishing flow communication between a second pair of ports for liquid drug administration purposes, and a manually operated actuating mechanism for applying a linear displacement force for urging the flow control member to slide along the bore from its first flow control position to its second flow control position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: MEDIMOP Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Igor Denenburg, Moshe Gilboa
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Publication number: 20120323210Abstract: A fluid transfer assembly including a vented female vial adapter and male vial adapter for use with a pair of vials including a vial with contents under negative pressure for liquid drug reconstitution and administration purposes. The vented female vial adapter includes a venting arrangement and the male vial adapter includes a sealing arrangement for selectively sealing the venting arrangement. The fluid transfer assembly is designed such that only filtered air is drawn into the vial under negative pressure subsequent to reconstitution of liquid drug contents to ensure sterile conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Niv Ben Shalom, Amir Lev
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Patent number: 8317743Abstract: A method for mixing and injection and an apparatus for performing the method includes the use of a needle and a needle base, a syringe attachment element and a mixing chamber engagement assembly including a needle chamber surrounding the needle and a first liquid conduit portion, sealed from the needle chamber. A mixing chamber engagement portion includes a second liquid conduit portion communicating with the first liquid conduit portion and a mixing chamber. When the syringe attachment element and the needle base are in a first relative engagement orientation liquid can flow between an interior of the syringe and the first liquid conduit portion and upon axially displacing the needle base and syringe attachment element to a second relative engagement orientation, liquid can flow between an interior of the syringe and the needle.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Igor Denenburg
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Patent number: 8316898Abstract: Automatic liquid drug preparation apparatus for preparing a liquid drug assemblage with a predetermined dosage of liquid drug. The liquid drug assemblage is prepared from a preparatory assemblage including a fluid control device having a body member with a syringe port, a vial adapter, and an administration port, a vial pre-filled with powder or liquid medicament, and a syringe pre-filled with diluent for mixing with the medicament. The automatic liquid drug preparation apparatus includes a housing, a cradle for receiving the preparatory assemblage, and a controller for controlling a motorized syringe drive unit for selectively transferring liquid contents between the syringe and the vial, a motorized cradle drive unit for selectively rotating the cradle relative to the housing, and a motorized vial adapter release unit for selectively detaching the vial adapter with its attached spent vial from the body member to form the liquid drug assemblage.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Freddy Zinger, Igor Denenburg, Amir Lev
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Publication number: 20120271229Abstract: Medical apparatus (10) for use with single use kits (100) containing a flow control device (101), a syringe (40), and one or more vials (60A, 608, 60C), for reconstituting a liquid drug dosage and administrating same. The flow control devices (101) include a core member (116) having an inlet port (107) and a flow control member (117) rotatably mounted on the core member (116) and having at least one vial port (112,113,114) for attachment of a vial and an outlet port (109). Flow control devices (101) are designed to ensure an inlet port (107) is in flow communication with a single port (112,113,114) at each flow control position of at least two predetermined flow control positions of a flow control member (117) relative to a core member (116). The medical apparatus (10) includes a housing (11) having a syringe support (12) for horizontally supporting a syringe (40) and a flow control device support (13) for horizontally supporting a flow control device (101).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Zvika Zinger, Moshe Gilboa
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Publication number: 20120220978Abstract: The present invention is directed toward fluid transfer devices including a vial adapter having a top wall and a cannula with a cannula tip, and an elastic O-ring like sealing element sealingly encircling the cannula and initially disposed towards the cannula tip and spaced apart from the top wall, the sealing element being brought into initial contact with the vial stopper subsequent to the cannula tip contacting the vial stopper at a puncture site and thereafter being slidingly urged towards the top wall and continuously sealing the puncture site during snap fit mounting the vial adapter on the vial.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Niv Ben Shalom
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Publication number: 20120184938Abstract: Vial assemblages having a vial and a pre-attached fluid transfer device for use with a needleless syringe for enabling flow communication between the syringe and the vial. The fluid transfer device includes an elongated tubular flow member having a connector for sealing flow communication with the needleless syringe and a spike having a spike end for puncturing the vial for enabling flow communication between the needleless syringe and vial interior. The spike end is in intimate sealing contact with the vial's stopper. The fluid transfer device also includes a manually removable closure for initially sealing the connector and, on removal, exposing the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Niv Ben Shalom
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Patent number: 8157769Abstract: A cartridge insertion assembly including apparatus with a pathway formed therein, a cartridge insertable into the pathway, the cartridge including a cartridge coupling element connectable to an activation mechanism disposed in the apparatus operative to cause a substance contained in the cartridge to be metered out of the cartridge, and a door pivoted to the apparatus that includes a door coupling element arranged with respect to the cartridge such that when the door is in a fully closed position, the door coupling element couples the cartridge coupling element with a coupling element of the activation mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Oz Cabiri
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Patent number: 8152779Abstract: A needle assembly adapted for fluid communication with a vial containing a substance to be delivered to a subject, the needle assembly including a needle held in a needle holder, the needle holder confined to move in a housing, and an activation mechanism for activating delivery of the substance through the needle, the activation mechanism including a safety latch that initially impedes movement of the needle holder, wherein when the safety latch is placed on the subject, the safety latch moves to a position that permits moving the needle holder to cause the needle to protrude outwards of the housing to pierce the subject to allow administration of the substance to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventor: Oz Cabiri
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Patent number: 8070739Abstract: Liquid drug transfer devices including a vial adapter designed for failsafe correct snap fitting on a medicinal vial for ensuring flow communication with the vial's interior. The vial adapters include at least two non-adjacent vial retention flex members for snap fitting over a vial opening for vial retention purposes and at least two non-adjacent vial guidance flex members longer than their counterpart vial retention flex members for guiding a vial adapter with respect to a vial prior to snap fitting the vial adapter thereon.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: MEDIMOP Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Freddy Zinger, Igor Denenburg, Moshe Gilboa
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Patent number: D669980Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Amir Lev, Nimrod Lev, Igor Betis, Niv Ben Shalom
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Patent number: D674088Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Medimop Medical Projects Ltd.Inventors: Nimrod Lev, Moshe Gilboa