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US 2026/0224439 A1Published application
Medicament container having a flexible sidewall
AssigneesEli Lilly and Company, Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuki HAYASHI, Masaya NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A medicament container including at least one sidewall and an extension is provided. The extension may be rigid in comparison to sidewalls that form the volume of the container. The extension may extend substantially into the volume of the container to a central region of the container. The container may include one or more ribs formed in the sidewalls to provide structural rigidity to the sidewalls.
Claims18
A medicament container comprising:
- a sidewall at least partially defining an interior volume of the medicament container;
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- a spout for outflow of medicament from the interior volume of the medicament container, the spout being coupled to the sidewall;
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- an extension coupled to the spout, the extension being disposed inside the interior volume of the medicament container and including a passage in fluid communication with the interior volume of the medicament container and the spout, the sidewall having a greater flexibility than the extension such that the medicament container has a collapsed state when empty and an expanded state when full;
- wherein the sidewall is configured to move as medicament flows out of the interior volume of the medicament container through the spout;
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- wherein the extension comprises a plurality of grooves formed on the surface of the extension in fluid communication with the passage, and the plurality of grooves are at different angles relative to a central axis of the spout.
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