Corning Incorporated

Weirong Jiang

Steven Edward DeMartino

John Stephen Peanasky

James Ernest Webb

Joseph Michael Matusick

Patrick Joseph Cimo

Connor Thomas O'Malley

Douglas Miles Noni, Jr

Kevin Patrick McNelis

Sinue Gomez-Mower

Amber Leigh Tremper

Christy Lynn Chapman

Jared Seaman Aaldenberg

Christie Leigh McCarthy

Bryan James Musk

Eric Lewis Allington

Kristen Dae Waight

Robert Anthony Schaut

Shivani Rao Polasani

Michael Clement Ruotolo, Jr

Adam Robert Sarafian

Sean Thomas Miller

Rebecca Vernon Higginbottom

Alicia Marie Gallagher

Michael Clement Ruotolo

A glass cartridge comprises a cylindrical body portion comprising an outer diameter Dand an average sidewall thickness T, the cylindrical body portion having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; an opening at the first end of the cylindrical body portion; a shoulder extending radially inward from the second end of the cylindrical body portion; and a neck extending from the shoulder and comprising an outer neck diameter Nthat is less than the outer diameter Dof the cylindrical body portion. The average wall thickness Tis less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of a standard glass cartridge defined by ISO 13926-1:2004 having an outer diameter dthat is closer to the outer diameter Dthan the outer diameter dof any other standard glass cartridge defined by ISO 13926-1:2004.

Glass containers for storing pharmaceutical compositions

Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter di of a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Tthat is less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

Disclosed herein are glass pharmaceutical vials having sidewalls of reduced thickness. In embodiments, the glass pharmaceutical vial may include a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume. An outer diameter D of the glass body is equal to a diameter dof a glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1, wherein X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1. However, the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Tthat is less than or equal to 0.85*s, wherein sis a wall thickness of the glass vial of size X as defined by ISO 8362-1 and X is one of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R as defined by ISO 8362-1.

A method of strengthening glass articles includes introducing potassium ions to a surface region of the glass by an initial ion-exchange process, thermally treating the glass at a thermal treatment temperature and time sufficient to diffuse the potassium ions further into the glass to a depth of layer, and introducing a compressive stress of greater than 400 MPa at the surface through a final ion-exchange process. The final ion-exchange process may be conducted at a final ion-exchange temperature of no more than 450° C. The method of strengthening produces a glass article having a compressive stress of at least 400 MPa at the surface, a depth of compression of at least 30 μm, and a central tension less than a threshold central tension above which flaws penetrating into the central region of the glass exhibit spontaneous self-propagation of the flaw front through and across the glass.

Strengthened glass articles with reduced delayed breakage and methods of making the same

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