What is claimed is:
1. A vial access adapter-vial assembly allowing for withdrawal of a medicinal fluid contained in the vial without inverting the vial, comprising:
(a) a vial having a medical fluid therein; and
(b) a vial access adapter body;
wherein said vial comprises:
a cylindrical side wall having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end extending into a constricted neck portion terminating in a rim and defining an open fluid port, and said proximal end being closed by a flat outside bottom portion, and V-shaped inside bottom portion;
said fluid port being closed by an elastomeric stopper wherein said vial access adapter body comprises:
a cylindrical side wall having a distal end and a proximal end terminating in a rim;
a flat, horizontal top wall, closing the distal end of the cylindrical side wall;
an externally threaded female luer connector projecting vertically above the horizontal top wall for receiving an internally threaded male luer connector of a syringe or cartridge;
an elongated spike having a fluid flow channel therein, and being integral with said female luer connector, extending into said vial and reaching the V-shaped bottom portion thereof to allow withdrawal of essentially all the medical fluid from the vial when said vial is in the right-side-up position; and
a removable luer cap hermetically sealing the female luer connector.
2. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 1 wherein said vial is of glass or a polymeric material.
3. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 1 wherein said vial access adapter is made of a thermoplastic material.
4. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 1 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angel of more than 90 and less than 180.
5. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 4 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of more than 100 and less than 170.
6. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 4 wherein the inside wall of the V-shaped bottom portion terminates at the center portion of said vial.
7. A vial access adapter-vial assembly allowing withdrawal of a nuclear drug contained in the vial without inverting the vial, comprising:
(a) a vial having a nuclear drug therein; and
(b) a vial access adapter body;
wherein said vial comprises:
a cylindrical side wall having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end extending into a constricted neck portion terminating in a rim and defining an open fluid port, and said proximal end being closed by a flat outside bottom portion and a V-shaped inside bottom portion; said fluid port being closed by an elastomeric stopper;
wherein said vial access adapter body comprises:
a cylindrical wall having a distal end and a proximal end terminating in a rim;
a flat, horizontal top wall closing the distal end of the cylindrical side wall;
an externally threaded female luer connector projecting vertically above the horizontal top wall for receiving an internally threaded male luer connector of a syringe or cartridge;
any elongated spike having a fluid flow channel therein, and being integral with said female luer connector, extending into said vial and reaching the V-shaped bottom portion thereof to allow withdrawal of essentially all the nuclear drug from the vial when said vial is in the right-side-up position;
a removable luer cap hermetically sealing the female luer connector; wherein said vial access adapter-vial assembly is enshrouded in a protective cover.
8. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 wherein said vial is of glass or a polymeric material.
9. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 wherein said vial access adapter is made of a thermoplastic material.
10. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of more than 90 and less than 180.
11. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 10 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of from about 100 to about 170.
12. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 10 wherein the inside wall of the V-shaped bottom portion terminates at the center portion of said vial.
13. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 wherein said protective cover is made of lead.
14. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 of wherein said protective cover is made of an alloy comprising lead.
15. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 7 wherein said nuclear drug is a diagnostic agent.
16. A vial access adapter-vial assembly allowing withdrawal of a medical fluid contained in the vial without inverting the vial comprising:
(a) a vial having a medical fluid therein; and
(b) a vial access adapter body;
wherein said vial comprises:
a cylindrical side wall having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end extending into a constricted neck portion terminating in a rim and defining an open fluid port, and said proximal end being closed by a flat outside bottom portion and a V-shaped inside bottom portion; said fluid port being closed by an elastomeric stopper;
wherein said vial access adapter body comprises:
a cylindrical wall having a distal end and a proximal end terminating in a rim;
a flat, horizontal top wall closing the distal end of the cylindrical side wall and having vent holes therein:
a horizontal second wall parallel to said horizontal top wall and spaced therefrom, said horizontal top wall, second wall and cylindrical side wall enclosing a chamber designed to hold a filter therein;
an antibacterial filter contained in said chamber;
an externally threaded female luer connector projecting vertically above the horizontal top wall for receiving an internally threaded male luer connector of a syringe or cartridge;
any elongated spike having a fluid flow channel therein, and being integral with said female luer connector, extending into said vial and reaching the V-shaped bottom portion thereof to allow withdrawal of essentially all the medical fluid from the vial when said vial is in the right-side-up position; and
a removable luer cap hermetically sealing the female luer connector.
17. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 16 wherein said vial is of glass or a polymeric material.
18. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 16 wherein said vial access adapter is made of a thermoplastic material.
19. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 16 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of more than 90 and less than180.
20. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 19 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of from about 100 to about 170.
21. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 19 wherein the inside wall of the V-shaped bottom portion terminates at the center portion of said vial.
22. A vial access adapter-vial assembly allowing withdrawal of a nuclear drug contained in the vial without inverting the vial comprising:
(a) a vial having a nuclear drug therein; and
(b) a vial access adapter body;
wherein said vial comprises:
a cylindrical side wall having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end extending into a constricted neck portion terminating in a rim and defining an open fluid port, and said proximal end being closed by a flat outside bottom portion and a V-shaped inside bottom portion; said fluid port being closed by an elastomeric stopper;
wherein said vial access adapter body comprises:
a cylindrical wall having a distal end and a proximal end terminating in a rim;
a flat, horizontal top wall closing the distal end of the cylindrical side wall and having vent holes therein:
a horizontal second wall parallel to said horizontal top wall and spaced therefrom, said horizontal top wall, second wall and cylindrical side wall enclosing a chamber designed to hold a filter therein;
an antibacterial filter contained in said chamber;
an externally threaded female luer connector projecting vertically above the horizontal top wall for receiving an internally threaded male luer connector of a syringe or cartridge;
any elongated spike having a fluid flow channel therein, and being integral with said female luer connector, extending into said vial and reaching the V-shaped bottom portion thereof to allow withdrawal of essentially all the medical fluid from the vial when said vial is in the right-side-up position; and
a removable luer cap hermetically sealing the female luer connector.
23. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 wherein said vial is of glass or a polymeric material.
24. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 wherein said vial access adapter is made of a thermoplastic material.
25. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of more than 90 and less than 180.
26. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 25 wherein said V-shaped inside bottom portion having a side wall with an angle of from about 100 to about 170.
27. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 25 wherein the inside wall of the V-shaped bottom portion terminates at the center portion of said vial.
28. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 wherein said protective cover is made of lead.
29. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 of wherein said protective cover is made of an alloy comprising lead.
30. The vial access adapter-vial assembly of claim 22 wherein said nuclear drug is a diagnostic agent.
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 communication terminal comprising:
a mode setting section that can set a first mode or a second mode;
a storing section that stores at least one dictionary data;
a search request accepting section that accepts a search request based on a search query that comprises one or a plurality of character strings;
a communication section that transmits said search query to an external search server and receives a search result from said search server in response to accepting a search request by said search request accepting section;
a mode determining section that determines the mode that is set by said mode setting section; and
a search execution section that, in the case in which said mode determining section determines that said first mode is set, extracts one or a plurality of information corresponding to said search query as a search result from the dictionary data that is stored in said storing section, and that,
in the case in which said mode determining section determines that said second mode is set, causes said communication section to transmit said search query to said search server.
2. The communication terminal according to claim 1 comprising
a display section that displays contents of a search result that is extracted from said dictionary data or contents of a search result from said search server.
3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein
said display section lists and displays a link information that can access to one or a plurality of information extracted from said dictionary data in the case in which content of a search result that is extracted from said dictionary data is displayed.
4. The communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein
said search execution section suppresses said search query from being transmitted by said communication section in the case in which said mode determining section determines that it is set to said first mode.
5. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein
said search execution section,
in the case in which a search request as the same search query or a search query which is a character string that constitutes the same search query is accepted by said search request accepting section, after extracting one or a plurality of information corresponding to said search query as a search result from said dictionary data,
causes said communication section to transmit said same search query or a search query regarding a character string that constitutes said same search query to said search server when said mode determining section determines that it is in said first mode.
6. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein
said search execution section,
in the case in which one or a plurality of information can be extracted from said dictionary data, causes said communication section to transmit said same search query or a search query regarding a character string that constitutes said same search query to said search server, or
in the case in which said dictionary data comprises no information corresponding to the search query and said one or a plurality of information cannot be extracted, causes said communication section not to transmit said same search query or a search query regarding a character string that constitutes said same search query to said search server.
7. The communication terminal according to claim 1 comprising
an input section that can input one or a plurality of a first character strings that constitute said search query,
wherein said storing section stores one or a plurality of a second character strings, and comprising
a query creating section that creates a search query comprising content that is one or a plurality of a first character strings that are input by said input section that one or a plurality of a second character strings stored in said storing section are added to in the case of being determined to be set to said first mode, wherein
said search execution section causes to transmit a search query that is created by said query creating section to said search server.
8. The communication terminal according to claim 7, comprising:
a search category selection section that can select any of a plurality of search categories, in the case of being determined to be set to said first mode, wherein
said storing section classifies and stores said one or a plurality of the second character strings for each search category, and wherein
said query creating section
creates a search query comprising content that is one or a plurality of the first character strings that are input by said input section that one or a plurality of the second character strings that are classified to a predetermined search category by said search category selection section are added to in the case of being determined to be set to said first mode.
9. The communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein
said first mode is a child mode, and wherein
said second mode is an adult mode.
10. The communication terminal according to claim 9 wherein
said storing section stores age information of a user, and
said mode setting section automatically sets said mode based on said age information.
11. A search method by a communication terminal that is communicable with an external search server comprising:
a step of determining whether the set mode is a first mode or a second mode;
a step of accepting a search request by a search query that comprises one or a plurality of character strings;
a step of extracting one or a plurality of information corresponding to said search query as a search result from dictionary data that is stored in said communication terminal in the case of being determined to be set to said first mode; and
a step of transmitting accepted said search query to said search server and receiving a search result based on transmitted said search query from said search server in the case of being determined to be set to said second mode.