Prefilled container systems
AssigneeCenturion Medical Products Corporation
InventorsKelley Kuehne, John T. Bauer, Curt Carpenter, Jessica Leginski
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Abstract
A syringe assembly may include a plunger having a stopper. A barrel may be configured to receive the plunger at an open first end. A tip cap may be removably attached to the second end and may form a chamber within the barrel between the plunger and tip cap. The chamber may be configured to contain a sterilization sensitive material. The barrel may be formed of a plastic material having a high barrier property configured to create a barrier between the sterilization sensitive material and gases produced for sterilization purposes such that the sterilization sensitive material remains unchanged during a sterilization procedure.
Claims20
A syringe assembly, comprising:
- a plunger including a stopper;
- a barrel having an open first end and an opposite and second end, wherein the open first end is configured to receive the plunger;
- a tip cap removably attached to the second end and configured to form a chamber within the barrel between the stopper and the tip cap, wherein the chamber is configured to contain a sterilization sensitive material, and
- wherein the barrel is formed of a plastic material having a high barrier property configured to create a barrier between the sterilization sensitive material and gases produced for sterilization purposes such that the sterilization sensitive material remains unchanged during a sterilization procedure.
A packaged kit, comprising:
- a plastic container system having a plunger and a barrel configured to receive the plunger, wherein the plunger includes a stopper and the barrel is configured to receive the plunger at an open first end;
- the container system further including a tip cap removably attached to the second end and configured to form a chamber within the barrel between the stopper and the tip cap, wherein the chamber is configured to contain a sterilization sensitive material, and
- further wherein the barrel is formed of a plastic material having a high barrier property configured to create a barrier between the sterilization sensitive material and gases produced for sterilization purposes such that the sterilization sensitive material remains unchanged during a sterilization procedure.
A method of sterilizing, comprising:
- assembling a syringe assembly including:
- inserting a tip cap at an end of a plunger;
- filling the barrel with sterilization sensitive material at an opposite end of the barrel;
- and
- inserting a plunger into a barrel at the opposite end to seal the material within the barrel;
- inserting the syringe assembly into a packaged kit;
- and
- performing terminal sterilization of the packaged kit, wherein upon exposure to sterilization, the sterilization-sensitive material remains substantially unchanged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.