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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., North Billerica, MA (US);
Joseph Haepers, Acton, MA (US);
Jack N. Wentz, Jr., Nashua, NH (US);
Virginia Ann Hankard, Dunstable, MA (US);
Khursida Shahidullah, Lexington, MA (US);
Tricia D. Butland, Stoneham, MA (US);
Patricia A. Corosa, Nashua, NH (US);
David P. Rice, Derry, NH (US);
Samantha Moran, Lowell, MA (US);
Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A pierceable plug for closing off a piercing end of a needle is described herein. The plug has an end that is configured to be pierced by the needle to close off the piercing end of the needle. The plug may be radiation sterilizable and may be made of a material that includes an antimicrobial agent. The plug may be used to close off a needle end that is in fluid communication with a radioactive substance.