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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2001
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 for a container has a hollow housing with an upper end that receives a fluid transfer device and a lower end that engages a stopper on the container. The housing has an internal cavity open at the upper and lower ends and a radially outwardly extending portion at the lower end. A penetrator is received in the internal cavity. The penetrator has a pointed distal end opposite the stopper and an upper end constructed to be engaged by a fluid transfer device. A cap is constructed the hollow housing. The cap has a closed upper end, an open lower end, a radially outwardly extending portion at the open end, and a circumferential line of weakness connecting the upper and lower ends. A ferrule is over the radially outwardly extending portion of the hollow housing and the radially outwardly extending portion of the cap.