초록

A closure assembly/container combination for delivering media fluid to a patient by needleless access means. The closure assembly comprises an elastomeric stopper for sealing the container at its open end and a spike access means equipped with a luer connector.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A closure assembly/container combination, wherein said container contains a medical fluid therein, and said closure assembly having a needleless access means allowing withdrawal of said medical fluid from the container by the use of an intravenous tubing attached to said

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A closure assembly/container combination, wherein said container contains a medical fluid therein, and said closure assembly having a needleless access means allowing withdrawal of said medical fluid from the container by the use of an intravenous tubing attached to said needlesless access means, said closure/container combination comprising:a container (a);a closure (b); anda cap (c),wherein said container (c) containing a medical fluid therein, having a neck portion terminating in an open end;wherein said closure assembly (b) inserted into the open end of said container, comprising:(1) an elastomeric stopper for hermetically sealing the container at its open end;(2) a cylindrical collar fastened over portions of the elastomeric stopper and the container, said cylindrical collar having a central opening in its flat top portion to allow access to a spike access means located in the elastomeric stopper;(3) a spike access means, located in the upper center portion of said elastomeric stopper, comprising:(I) a spike housing defined by a cylindrical side wall, a horizontal stopper membrane forming the bottom of the spike housing, and a removable sterility seal on the horizontal top portion of the spike housing;(ii) a spike, located in said spike housing, comprising: a top portion, a side portion, and a bottom portion; said top portion having a male element on the upper end thereof, a cylindrical shaft extending through the male element thereon, a cylindrical shaft extending through the male element having a fluid communicating channel therein and terminating in a sharp tip at the other, bottom end thereof for piercing the membrane area in said elastomeric stopper;(iii) A male connector on the exterior of the spike housing; said male element on the upper end of the spike and said male connector on the exterior of the spike housing being designed to twistably engage a female coupling to force and move the spike towards and penetrate the horizontal stopper membrane and thereby establish fluid communication with the medical fluid contained in said container; and wherein said cap (c) is covering the cylindrical collar over the container.