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Vial for packaging a liquid for medical use

  • US 6,398,031 B1
  • Filed: 11/21/2000
  • Issued: 06/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Vial for packaging a liquid for medical use, comprising a tubular body made of synthetic material having two chambers which are isolated in a sealed manner by a puncturable membrane or a removable or tearable wall, one of which chambers contains the liquid and the other of which chambers contains a hypodermic needle, the pointed part of which points towards the puncturable membrane or removable or tearable wall, and the other end of which is fitted with means of connection to a syringe body, the chamber containing the needle comprising a tube forming a needle holder closed by the membrane or the removable or tearable wall and exhibiting, at its end opening into the chamber containing the needle, an annular sealing bead, the length of the tube intended to house the needle is at least equal to that of the needle, the membrane or the removable or tearable wall being located near to that end of the tube which faces towards the chamber containing the liquid and the bead located near the other end of the tube being intended to provide sealing around the means of connecting the needle to a syringe body, the vial being characterized in that the distance between the free end of the tube intended to house the needle and the membrane or the removable or tearable wall is at least equal to the travel of the needle between a storage position and a position for withdrawing the liquid, in which position the pointed end of the needle passes through the membrane or the removable or tearable wall and the means of connecting the needle are gripped in the sealing bead.

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