Method of filling a drug capsule and article produced thereby
AssigneesWeston Medical Limited, Medeva Europe Limited
InventorsTerence Edward Weston, John Nicholas Walker
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Abstract
A needleless injector drug capsule assembly comprising a container, housing therefor, a piston, and resilient seals to permit filling and sealing thereafter to maintain sterility of the contents.
Claims17
A filled and sealed drug-containing article for attachment to a needleless injector power source, which comprises a needleless injector capsule defining a chamber having a drug in liquid form therein, the capsule having an orifice through a wall thereof, a seal carrier having therein a seal in which is formed an orifice communication with the capsule orifice, the seal being in sealing contact with the capsule wall around the orifice in the capsule wall, and closing means for closing the seal carrier to the exterior whereby to seal off the drug in the chamber from the exterior, the capsule being retained in a housing and the seal carrier being removably attached to one of the housing and the capsule, and connecting means for connecting said article to a needleless injector power source wherein the closing means comprises a plug inserted in the seal carrier wherein the closing means comprises a plug inserted in the seal carrier.
A filled and sealed drug-containing article for attachment to a needleless injector power source, which comprises a needleless injector capsule defining a chamber having a drug in liquid form therein, the capsule having an orifice through a wall thereof, a seal carrier having a seal in which is formed an orifice communicating with the capsule orifice, the seal being in sealing contact with the capsule wall around the orifice in the capsule wall, and closing means for closing the seal carrier to the exterior whereby to seal off the drug in the chamber from the exterior, the capsule being retained in a housing and the seal carrier being removably attached to one of the housing or the capsule, and connecting means for connecting said article to a needleless injector power source, wherein the seal carrier is frangibly attached to the housing or capsule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.