1. A fluid control device for use with a vial having a container portion; an upper, generally cylindrically shaped portion; and an intermediate neck portion, for delivering the contents of the vial to a patient, the fluid control device including an adapter for interconnection with the vial, said adapter comprising:
(a) a top wall; and
(b) a resiliently deformable skirt connected to said wall and extending therefrom for telescopically receiving the upper portion of the vial, said skirt having:
(i) a generally cylindrical body portion;
(ii) an angularly outwardly extending marginal portion; and
(iii) an angularly inwardly extending intermediate portion disposed between said body portion and said outwardly extending intermediate portion for releasably gripping the vial.
2. The device as defined in claim 1 in which said adapter further includes a cannula connected to said top wall and extending into said skirt.
3. The device as defined in claim 1 in which said skirt is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced slits.
4. The device as defined in claim 1 in which said intermediate portion comprises a circumferentially extending protuberance formed intermediate said body portion and said angularly outwardly extending marginal portion.
5. The device as defined in claim 1 in which said adapter further includes a connector portion connected to said top wall and filter means for filtering the fluid within the vial, said filter means being carried by said connector portion.
6. The device as defined in claim 1 in which said adapter further includes venting means for providing an air passageway between the interior of the vial and atmosphere.
7. A fluid control device for use with a vial having a container portion; an upper, generally cylindrically shaped portion; and an intermediate neck portion, for delivering the contents of the vial to a patient, the fluid control device including an adapter for interconnection with the vial, said adapter comprising:
(a) a top wall; and
(b) a resiliently deformable skirt connected to said wall and extending therefrom for telescopically receiving the upper portion of the vial, said skirt having:
(i) a generally cylindrical body portion;
(ii) an angularly outwardly extending marginal portion; and
(iii) an angularly inwardly extending intermediate portion disposed between said body portion and said outwardly extending intermediate portion for releasably gripping the vial;
(c) a cannula connected to said top wall and extending into said skirt; and
(d) a connector portion connected to said top wall and extending therefrom for connecting tubing to said adapter.
8. The device as defined in claim 7 in which said adapter portion includes a tapered bore having a cavity formed therein and further includes a filter disposed within said cavity.
9. The device as defined in claim 7 in which said cannula includes first and second spaced apart lumens, said second lumen defining a venting passageway for permitting the flow of air between the interior of the vial and the exterior thereof.
10. The device as defined in claim 9 further including filter means carried by said top wall for filtering air flowing toward the exterior of the vial.
11. The device as defined in claim 9 in which said filter means comprises a filter that permits the flow of liquid therethrough, but prevents the flow of air therethrough.
12. The device as defined in claim 9 in which said skirt is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced slits.
13. A fluid control device for use with a vial containing a lypholized drug for mixing the lypholized drug with a diluent, the vial having a generally cylindrically shaped top portion, a body portion and an intermediate neck portion, said fluid control device comprising an adapter receivable over the top portion of the vial, said adapter comprising:
(a) a top;
(b) a resiliently deformable skirt integrally formed with said top and extending therefrom, said skirt including:
(i) a body portion
(ii) an outwardly extending marginal portion;
(iii) an inwardly extending intermediate portion located between said body portion and said marginal portion for releasably gripping the vial; and
(c) a hollow cannula connected to said top wall and extending into said skirt.
14. The device as defined in claim 13 in which said skirt portion of said adapter is provided with at least two circumferentially spaced slits.
15. The device as defined in claim 16 in which said adapter is molded in a single piece from a moldable plastic.
16. The device as defined in claim 13 in which said adapter further includes a connector portion connected to said top wall and extending therefrom.
17. The device as defined in claim 16 in which said connector portion includes a tapered bore having an upper portion having an inwardly tapering wall and a lower portion having an outwardly tapering wall.
18. The device as defined in claim 17 further including filter means disposed within said lower portion of said tapered bore for filtering fluid flowing through said tapered bore.
19. The device as defined in claim 16 in which said cannula includes first and second spaced apart lumens, said second lumen defining a venting passageway for permitting the flow of air between the interior of the vial and the exterior thereof.
20. The device as defined in claim 19 further including filter means carried by said top wall for filtering air flowing toward the exerior of the vial.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A puzzle game, comprising:
a frame having a front facing portion and a rear facing portion positioned along a first axis, and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
a shaft extending from a first side of the frame to an opposing side of the frame along the first axis, thereby defining a plurality of slide rows;
a plurality of tiles slideable along the first axis within each of the plurality of slide rows, each of the plurality of tiles having a design on a front facing portion of the tile and an inverted form of the design on a rear facing portion of the tile; and
a sub-frame, rotatably mounted in the frame for rotating about the shaft and in a direction defined by the second axis, the sub-frame having a first dimension spanning the plurality of slide rows along the second axis, and a second dimension spanning a sub-set of the plurality of tiles along the first axis,
wherein by rotating the sub-frame by one-hundred eighty degrees, some or all of the plurality of slide rows containing the sub-set of the plurality of tiles are oriented such that the rear facing portions of the sub-set of the plurality of tiles are viewable from the front facing portion of the frame, and the plurality of slide rows are oriented in a different position as viewed along the second axis.
2. The puzzle game of claim 1, further comprising a gripping platform integrally formed on the respective sides of the frame to facilitate handling the puzzle.
3. The puzzle game of claim 2, wherein the frame is rectangular.
4. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the plurality of slide rows equals two.
5. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the design on each of the plurality of tiles is a number.
6. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the design on each of the plurality of tiles is a letter of an alphabet.
7. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the design on each of the plurality of tiles is a symbol.
8. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the plurality of tiles in each of the plurality of slide rows slide independently of other of the slide rows, and the plurality of tiles in each slide row slide along the first axis as a group.
9. The puzzle game of claim 8, further comprising a tile stopper disposed at respective ends of each slide row, the tile stoppers for each slide row being interconnected to ensure the plurality of tiles in each slide row slide along the first axis as a group.
10. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the sub-frame is oriented in a central position with reference to the first and second axes.
11. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the plurality of slide rows equals two, the plurality of tiles in each slide row equals five, and wherein the sub-frame’s first dimension spans the two slide rows along the second axis, and the sub-frame’s second dimension spans three tiles along the first axis, whereby rotation of the sub-frame causes the two slide rows to switch positions as viewed along the second axis.
12. A method of playing a puzzle game, the method comprising:
providing a frame having a front facing portion and a rear facing portion positioned along a first axis, and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
providing a plurality of slide rows extending from a first side of the frame to an opposing side of the frame along the first axis;
providing a plurality of tiles slideable as a group along the first axis within each of the plurality of slide rows, each of the plurality of tiles having a design on a front facing portion of the tile and an inverted form of the design on a rear facing portion of the tile, wherein the designs are initially oriented in a random or scattered pattern;
providing a sub-frame, rotatably mounted in the frame for rotating about the first axis and in a direction defined by the second axis, the sub-frame having a first dimension spanning the plurality of slide rows along the second axis, and a second dimension spanning a sub-set of the plurality of tiles along the first axis;
sliding a first group of tiles, in one of the plurality of slide rows, left or right along the first axis;
sliding an other group of tiles, in another of the plurality of slide rows, left or right along the first axis independent of the first group of tiles;
rotating the sub-frame by one-hundred eighty degrees to selectively orient the slide rows and corresponding tiles in a different position as viewed along the second axis; and
repeating the sliding and rotating steps until the designs on the tiles are positioned in a logical or sequential pattern.
13. A method of playing a computerized puzzle game, the method comprising:
providing a graphic on a video display of a computer, the graphic comprising
a plurality of slide rows extending horizontally across the video display,
a plurality of tiles slideable as a group within each of the plurality of slide rows, each of the plurality of tiles having a design thereon, wherein the designs are initially oriented in a random or scattered pattern,
a selection box having a vertical dimension spanning the plurality of slide rows and a horizontal dimension spanning a pre-determined plurality of tiles along the first axis;
sliding a first group of tiles, in one of the plurality of slide rows, left or right along the first axis using an input device to select and drag the first group of tiles in the desired direction;
sliding an other group of tiles, in another of the plurality of slide rows, left or right along the first axis independent of the first group of tiles using the input device to select and drag the other group of tiles in the desired direction;
selecting the inversion box by using the input device, whereby the slide rows and tiles appearing with the inversion box are inverted; and
repeating the sliding and selecting steps until the designs on the tiles are positioned in a logical or sequential pattern.