Prefilled syringe with sterility-preserving cap

US5989227A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Arzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Vetter · Ravensburg, DE
• Thomas Otto · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2005/3118
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medicament container has a body having an open mouth defining an axis, a pierceable plug engaged over and sealing the mouth, a ring engaged around the mouth and over the plug and formed with a hole through which an outer surface of the plug is exposed, and a cap engageable around the mouth over the ring and plug. The cap holds an elastomeric element bearing elastically through the hole against the plug outer surface.