Container for storing and dispensing injection, infusion and diagnostic preparations

US6280418A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schott Glaswerke · DE

Inventors

• Michael Reinhard · Ober-Olm, DE
• Michael Spallek · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2005/3139
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a container for injection, infusion, and diagnostic preparations, serving, on the one hand, as a long-term storage container, and, on the other, as a device for directly dispensing the preparations. The container has a glass barrel with a glass headpiece with a connector cone that acts as a nozzle. This is molded onto a glass barrel, thereby forming a single unit. A separate plastic, threaded section of an interlocking, conical joint is mounted onto the connector cone, accommodating a secured sealing cap that can be removed from the connector cone. The other opening of the glass barrel is sealed by a plunger that has a connection spot for a plunger rod. Furthermore, the container has a plastic grip mounted onto the inner wall of the glass barrel. Since the container, including the external profile, is, on the whole, designed to resemble a standard syringe, it ensures that the invented container can be accommodated by all current syringe pumps.