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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Albert Louis Classens, Houthalen, BE;
Albert Louis Classens, Houthalen, BE;
Helvoet Pharma Belgium N.V., , BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a closure device for a vacuum sample collector, comprising an external cap (), in a hard material, preferably a hard plastic component, with a top face () and a side skirt () surrounding the above, which may be connected to a sleeve-like opening section of the vacuum sample collector, and a sealing element () arranged on the container side of the external cap () made from an elastic material, preferably a soft synthetic component. The external cap () is turned inwards on its top face (), and the section of the cap turned inwards forms a depression, the floor of which () has a turned-up section which faces outwards and which forms an essentially cylindrical projection (), with a flat opening () and which, within the depression, terminates in an opening (), arranged in a recessed manner with relation to the front face of the external cap (), such that said opening is outside the contact area of a finger. The sealing, element () fills the opening () and, furthermore, lines the inner wall of the inverted section () and a groove (), which is formed on the inner side of a front face of the external cap () between the side skirt () and the inverted section (), whereby a gap () remains on the inner wall () of the side skirt () to accept the sleeve-like opening section of the vacuum sample collector in a sealed manner. The invention further relates to a vacuum sample collector.