Syringe-container structure

• US 3,107,785 A
• Filed: 10/04/1960
• Issued: 10/22/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Zbislaw M. Rochr
• Original Assignee: Zbislaw M. Rochr
• Inventors: Rochr, Zbislaw M.
• Application Number:
  US04/060,502
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• US Class Current: 206/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/008 Racks for supporting syringes or needles A61M5/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3205 Apparatus for removing or disposing of used needles or syringes, e.g. containers; Means for protection against accidental injuries from used needles for sharps A61B50/362; disintegrating apparatus in general B02C, e.g. B02C19/0075, B23H9/001; disposal of medical waste in general B09B3/00; receptacles for refuse disposal in general B65F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3213 Caps placed axially onto the needle, e.g. equipped with finger protection guards axially-extensible protective sleeves A61M5/3243

Claims

9. A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE PACKAGE COMPRISING;

A CONTAINER BODY SECTION CLOSED AT ONE END BY AN INTERGRAL END WALL AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED OPENING AT THE OPPOSITE END OF PERMIT INSERTION OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE BARREL, SAID END WALL OF SAID CONTAINER BODY SECTION HAVING AN AXIALLY PROJECTING SECTION WITH A PORTION THEREOF FORMING A SURFACE WHICH IS ADAPTED TO FORM A SEALABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH A DISCHARGE OUTLET OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE BARREL, A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE BARREL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BODY SECTION WITH A REDUCED DIAMETER DISCHARGE OUTLET IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID AXIALLY PROJECTING SECTION OF SAID END WALL, SAID SYRINGE BARREL HAVING A PISTON TIP SEALABLY DISPOSED THEREIN SPACED FROM SAID DISCHARGE OUTLET, A CLOSURE CAP MEMBER REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID BODY SECTION FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SAID BODY SECTION TO RETAIN SAID BARREL IN SAID CONTAINER BODY SECTION FREE OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION, AND A FLOWABLE MATERIAL SEALABL CONTAINED IN SAID SYRINGE BARREL BETWEEN SAID PISTON TIP AND THE SEALING ENGAGEMENT FORMED BETWEEN SAID DISCHARGE OUTLET AND SAID END WALL SURFACE.