Cartridge assembly packaging

US6305541A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• John C. Tanner, II · Lake Bluff, US
• Mark Ward · Grayslake, US
• James G. Freund · Des Plaines, US
• Joseph D. Lokay · McPherson, US
• Harley E. Vasper, Jr. · McPherson, US
• Julian L. Carrington, III · Greensboro, US
• Darlene Cronin · Zion, US
• James P. Perry · Westerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S206/807
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A combination of a package and a cartridge filled with a medicament. The package includes a tube having first and second ends and a cylindrical wall. The package further includes a plug disposed within the tube proximate the first end. A removable cover covers the first end of the tube. The cartridge is disposed within the package. The cartridge has a cylindrical wall defining an interior space. A grommet is disposed within the interior space and a septum is disposed on a first end portion of the cylindrical wall. A medicament is disposed within the cylindrical wall between the grommet and the septum.