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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Dane Alphanso Christie, Big Flats, NY (US);
Sinue Gomez-Mower, Corning, NY (US);
Adam Robert Sarafian, Painted Post, NY (US);
Robert Anthony Schaut, Horseheads, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A sealed pharmaceutical container includes a shoulder, a neck extending from the shoulder, and a flange extending from the neck. The flange includes an inclined sealing surface defining an opening in the sealed pharmaceutical container. The sealed pharmaceutical container also includes a sealing assembly including a stopper extending over the sealing surface of the flange and a cap securing the stopper to the flange. The stopper has a glass transition temperature (T) that is greater than or equal to −70° C. and less than or equal to −45° C. The sealing assembly maintains a helium leakage rate of the sealed pharmaceutical container of less than or equal to 1.4×10cm/s as the sealed pharmaceutical container is cooled to a temperature of less than or equal to −45° C.