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Glass containers which may be sterilized for medical purposes, in particular for the storage of pharmaceutical or diagnostic products

US6156399A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Schott Glaswerke · DE

Inventors

Michael Spallek · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
Marten Walther · Engelstadt, DE
Andreas Geiger · Heimberg, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 1998
Grant date	Dec 5, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/1317
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is a glass container which can be sterilized for medical purposes, including the storage of pharmaceutical or diagnostic products, further including solutions. The container is made from glass containing a stabilizer which inhibits the deleterious effects of high energy radiation, wherein the surface which is in direct contact with the product or solution has a coating that has a thickness of less than 400 nm and is formed from oxides or nitrides of the elements Si, Ti, Ta, AI or a mixture thereof.

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