Two piece stopper for blunt fluid connector
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsWilliam J. Hook, Mark E. Larkin
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A stopper assembly for sealing the open end of a container and usable with a blunt entry device includes an elastomeric stopper having an annular flange portion, a hollow plug portion, and a thin diaphragm portion, the flange portion covering and abutting the open end of the container, the plug portion depending from the inner circumference of the flange portion and sealingly engaging the interior of the open end of the container, and the diaphragm portion spanning the center portion of the annular flange portion. A metal ferrule for securing the stopper to the container has an annular top portion and an annular skirt portion for engagement with the exterior of the container.
Claims8
A two-piece stopper assembly constructed and arranged to seal an open end of a container, the stopper assembly comprising:
- an inner elastomeric stopper member having
- a radially outward extending annular flange portion,
- an axially inward extending hollow plug portion, and
- a radially inward extending pre-pierced diaphragm portion,
- the radially extending annular flange portion constructed and arranged to axially abut the open end of the container,
- the axially extending plug portion depending from the annular flange portion and constructed and arranged to sealingly engage the interior of the open end of the container, and
- the pre-pierced diaphragm portion constructed and arranged to close the center opening of the annular flange portion;
- an outer stopper member having
- a center target area having a reduced diaphragm thickness, and
- means for sealingly securing the outer stopper member to the inner stopper member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.