Filter package
First Claim
1. A filter package comprising a housing and a cover and adapted for containing a sterile disposable filter comprising a filter membrane in a filter holder, said filter holder having a syringe connection proximal to said cover and a needle connection distal to said cover, wherein said cover is provided with a penetrable point that is axially aligned with said syringe connection and with at least one pre-formed break line, along which said cover, upon application of force, tears open so as to permit said sterile disposable filter to be withdrawn.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a filter package comprising a housing and a cover that is adapted to enclose a sterile disposable filter wherein the package cover is penetrable at a point axially aligned with the filter and has at least one pre-formed break line along which the package cover, when subjected to appropriate force, ruptures so as to permit withdrawal of the filter by a syringe coupled thereto.
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- 1. A filter package comprising a housing and a cover and adapted for containing a sterile disposable filter comprising a filter membrane in a filter holder, said filter holder having a syringe connection proximal to said cover and a needle connection distal to said cover, wherein said cover is provided with a penetrable point that is axially aligned with said syringe connection and with at least one pre-formed break line, along which said cover, upon application of force, tears open so as to permit said sterile disposable filter to be withdrawn.
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