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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Albert Louis Victor Jozef Claessens, Houthalen, BE;
Koen Louis Emma Van den Langenbergh, Wilrijk, BE;
Helvoet Pharma Belgium N.V., , BE;
Abstract
A stopper for sealing containers for pharmaceutical liquids, especially infusion bottles, which stopper has a collar, which projects into the neck of the container; an edge, which rests on the neck of the container; and a puncture area, enclosed by the edge and the collar, the stopper being held on the neck of the container by a protective cap of metal or plastic, characterized in that the puncture area (,) is designed to have such elasticity and flexibility with respect to the edge (,) and the collar (,) that, after the stopper has been inserted into the neck (,) of the container, the puncture area bulges slightly outward; and in that, after the puncture needle (,) of an infusion kit (,) has been inserted into the stopper, the puncture area bulges down into the neck (,) of the container.