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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Richard F Daubert, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Steven P Hellstrom, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Peter J Karas, Libertyville, IL (US);
John K Moore, Evanston, IL (US);
John S Norman, Gurnee, IL (US);
John C Tanner, II, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Donald Verlee, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A cap assembly is provided for mounting over the mouth of a container which is occluded with a stopper. The cap assembly includes a housing, a moveable piercing member or penetrator within the housing, a removable overcap over the housing, and a ferrule connecting the housing to the container. A preferred form of the penetrator is fabricated from sheet metal in a progressive die stamping process. One form of the overcap includes a frangible construction that permits the upper part of the overcap to be torn away to expose the upper portion of the housing.