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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Bristol-myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ (US);
Martin John Mcloughlin, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Mark Steven Howansky, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
George Tyler Currier, Somerset, NJ (US);
Peter William Heyman, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Yuhong Wu, Skillman, NJ (US);
Erinc Sahin, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Shreya Shashank Kulkarni, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ankur Sagar Kulshrestha, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Xiaodong Chen, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
John Christian Knutsen, Crosswicks, NJ (US);
James William Kidner Bradford, Cambridge, GB;
Simon Francis Brereton, Baldock, GB;
Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams, St Albans, GB;
Christopher William Rosier, Cambridge, GB;
Jeffrey Nicholas Philippson, Cambridge, GB;
Carys Eleri Lee, Cambridge, GB;
Paul Antony Merritt, Royston, GB;
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method is provided herein of preparing a drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having a body with at least one fluid duct being open along a first face of the body, the at least one fluid duct for conveying drug from at least one reservoir to a needle configured for injection into a patient, the method including: providing a barrier across the first face of the body to at least cover the at least one fluid duct, wherein the barrier is ultraviolet transmissive; and, exposing the first face of the body to ultraviolet radiation so as to allow the ultraviolet radiation to pass through the barrier and decontaminate the at least one fluid duct.