Sealing rubber closure for syringe/container

• US 7,214,214 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2002
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
• Inventors: Sudo, Morihiro, Sudo, Masamichi
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE
• Application Number:
  US10/314,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20030094429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,611 Days
• Field of Search: 604/201, 604/192, 604/197, 604/236, 604/256, 604/263, 604403-404, 604407-408, 604411-415, 604/705, 215 43- 45, 215/50, 215/247, 215/249, 215/250, 215/200, 215/277, 215/316, 215/318, 215/326, 215/329, 215/341, 215/347, 215/355, 215/DIG.3
• US Class Current: 604/263
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3104 Caps for syringes without needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3134 characterised by constructional features of the distal end, i.e. end closest to the tip of the needle cannula

Abstract

A sealing rubber closure is provided for use with a syringe/container specified by ISO (the International Organization of Standardization) and having a Luer nozzle to be inserted into a Luer-nozzle-receiving part of the sealing rubber closure. The Luer-nozzle-receiving part is configured, on a side of an inner end portion thereof, in an untapered cylindrical form to assure tight-fitted insertion of a free end portion of the Luer nozzle and, on a side of a Luer-nozzle-receiving opening thereof, in a tapered, substantially cylindrical form to assure tight-fitted insertion of a basal end portion of the Luer nozzle. A plastic film is laminated on the sealing rubber closure at least in an area of the Luer-nozzle-receiving part, where a free end of the Luer nozzle is to be maintained in contact with the sealing rubber closure.

Claims

1. A sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system, the syringe/container of the system being specified by the International Organization of Standardization and having a Luer nozzle and a Luer lock, the sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system comprising:

a Luer-lock-receiving part having a Luer-lock-receiving opening, an inner end portion opposite the Luer-lock-receiving opening, and an outer end portion adjacent to the Luer-lock-receiving opening, the outer end portion having a first area adjacent to the Luer-lock-receiving opening and a second area adjacent to the inner end portion of the Luer-lock-receiving part, wherein the first area has a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a greater degree of taper than a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall of the second area so that the tapered sidewall of the first area is maintained in close contact with an outer surface of a basal end of the Luer lock, and the tapered sidewall of the second area is maintained in direct contact with an outer end portion of a sidewall of the Luer lock.

2. The sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plastic film laminated in a portion of the Luer-lock-receiving part configured to be contacted by a free end of the Luer nozzle.

3. A sealing rubber closure for sealingly closing a Luer nozzle and a Luer lock of syringe/container, the syringe/container being specified the International Organization of Standardization, the sealing rubber closure comprising:

a receiving opening for receiving the Luer nozzle and the Luer lock of the syringe container; and

a Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess located adjacent to the receiving opening, the Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess having first, second, and third sections, wherein the first section has a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to an outer periphery of the receiving opening and a second end connected to a first end of an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall of the second section, a second end of the untapered sidewall of the second section is connected to a first end of an approximately annular wall of the second section perpendicular to the untapered sidewall thereof, the third section has an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to a second end of the approximately annular wall and a second end connected to an approximately circular wall perpendicular to the untapered sidewall of the third section, and the third section is sized so as to be in direct contact with an outer surface of an end portion of the Luer nozzle when the sealing rubber closure is disposed on the syringe/container.

4. The sealing rubber closure according to claim 3, further comprising a plastic film lamination disposed on the tapered sidewall of the first section and on the untapered sidewall of the second section.

5. The sealing rubber closure according to claim 3, wherein the tapered sidewall of the first section has a slight degree of taper with respect to the untapered sidewall of the second section.

6. The sealing rubber closure according to claim 3, wherein the tapered, sidewall of the first section has a high degree of taper with respect to the untapered sidewall of the second section.

7. A sealing rubber closure for sealingly closing a Luer nozzle and a Luer lock of syringe/container, the syringe/container being specified the International Organization of Standardization, the sealing rubber closure comprising:

a receiving opening for receiving the Luer nozzle and the Luer lock of the syringe container; and

a Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess located adjacent to the receiving opening, the Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess having first, second, and third sections, wherein the first section has a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to an outer periphery of the receiving opening and a second end connected to a first end of an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall of the second section, the second end of the untapered sidewall of the second section is connected to a first end of an approximately annular wall of the second section perpendicular to the untapered sidewall thereof, the third section has an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to a second end of the approximately annular wall and a second end connected to an approximately circular wall perpendicular to the untapered sidewall of the third section, the tapered, sidewall of the first section has a high degree of taper with respect to the untapered sidewall of the second section and the sealing rubber closure further comprises a cylindrical ridge connected to the approximately annular wall of the second section and extending into the Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess.

8. A sealing rubber closure for sealingly closing a Luer nozzle and a Luer lock of syringe/container, the syringe/container being specified the International Organization of Standardization, the sealing rubber closure comprising:

a receiving opening for receiving the Luer nozzle and the Luer lock of the syringe container; and

a Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess located adjacent to the receiving opening, the Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess having first, second, and third sections, wherein the first section has a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to an outer periphery of the receiving opening and a second end connected to a first end of an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall of the second section, the second end of the untapered sidewall of the second section is connected to a first end of an approximately annular wall of the second section perpendicular to the untapered sidewall thereof, the third section has an untapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a first end connected to a second end of the approximately annular wall and a second end connected to an approximately circular wall perpendicular to the untapered sidewall of the third section, and wherein the tapered sidewall of the first section further comprises first and second tapered sidewall portions connected to each other, wherein the first tapered portion has a higher degree of taper than the second portion, and the second portion is slightly tapered with respect to the untapered sidewall of the second section.

9. The sealing rubber closure according to claim 8, further comprising:

a cylindrical ridge connected to the approximately annular wall of the second section and extending into the Luer-nozzle-and-Luer-lock-receiving recess.

10. A sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system, the syringe/container of the system being specified by the International Organization of Standardization and having a Luer nozzle and a Luer lock, the sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system comprising:

a Luer-lock-receiving part having a Luer-lock-receiving opening, an inner end portion opposite the Luer-lock-receiving opening, and an outer end portion adjacent to the Luer-lock-receiving opening, the outer end portion having a first area adjacent to the Luer-lock-receiving opening and a second area adjacent to the inner end portion of the Luer-lock-receiving part, wherein the first area has a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall having a greater degree of taper than a tapered, substantially cylindrical sidewall of the second area so that the tapered sidewall of the first area is maintained in close contact with an outer surface of a basal end of the Luer lock, the tapered sidewall of the second area is maintained in close contact with an outer end portion of a sidewall of the Luer lock, and the sealing rubber closure and syringe/container system further comprises a plastic film laminated in the inner and outer end portions.