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Container cap assembly having an enclosed penetrator

  • US 5,954,104 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1997
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cap assembly for a container, said cap assembly comprising:

  • a hollow housing comprising;

    a lower end portion adapted to be mounted adjacent a top end of a stopper for sealing a container, said lower end having a radially outwardly extending portion extending therefrom;

    an upper end portion; and

    an internal cavity open at said upper end portion and at said housing lower end portion;

    a penetrator disposed in said housing cavity, said penetrator having a lower, pointed, distal end, said penetrator having an upper end constructed to be engaged by a luer device inserted into said internal cavity of said hollow housing;

    a removable cap constructed to cover said hollow housing, said cap having a closed end and an open end, said cap having a radially outwardly extending portion extending therefrom at said open end; and

    a ferrule, a first portion of said ferrule disposed over said radially outwardly extending lower end portion of said hollow housing and over said radially outwardly extending portion of said cap.

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