Device For Vacuum Stoppering A Medical Container

A device for vacuum stoppering a medical container, comprising:

• a main body defining an internal volume comprising a variable pressure chamber configured to be connected to a vacuum pump;
• a stopper holder system arranged in communication with the variable pressure chamber and configured to receive and hold a stopper in a fixed position relative to the main body and aligned with the direction of travel of a piston rod;
• a piston rod moveable inside the internal volume of the main body along a longitudinal axis between a proximal rest position wherein the piston rod is remote from the stopper and a distal operative position wherein the piston rod contacts and pushes the stopper into the medical container;
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• a container holder system provided in the main body, arranged distally relative to the stopper holder system and in communication with the variable pressure chamber, said container holder system being configured to receive the proximal end of a medical container to be stoppered and to hold the medical container aligned with the direction of travel of the piston rod so that when moving, the piston rod pushes the stopper from the stopper holder system into the medical container to stopper the medical container.