PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vial adapter capable of restraining the top surface of a vial from being attached with a medical fluid when removing the vial adapter from the vial.SOLUTION: A vial adapter 1 comprises: a valve body 2 which comes into contact with a rubber plug of a vial from the outside and is capable of forming a contact area together with the rubber plug a needle-like part 6 which partitions a hollow part 5 and a piercing member 3 which allows the tip of the needle-like part 6 to penetrate both the rubber plug and the valve body 2 and to be inserted into the vial. In the configuration, the tip of the needle-like part 6 is removed from both the rubber plug and the valve body 2 through the contact area, with the rubber plug and the valve body 2 forming the contact area.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】バイアルアダプタをバイアルから取り外す際に、バイアルの天面に薬液が付着することを抑制可能なバイアルアダプタを提供すること。【解決手段】バイアルのゴム栓に外方から接触して、当該ゴム栓と接触領域を形成可能な弁体2と、中空部5を区画する針状部6を有し、当該針状部6の先端が前記ゴム栓及び前記弁体2を共に貫通して前記バイアル内に挿入される刺通部材3と、を備え、前記針状部6の前記先端は、前記ゴム栓と前記弁体2とが前記接触領域を形成した状態のまま、前記接触領域内を通って前記ゴム栓及び前記弁体2から抜去されるバイアルアダプタ1。【選択図】図1