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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2003
Gayle Heffernan, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Allen Welsher, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Gayle Heffernan, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Allen Welsher, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Bracco International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A novel method for the preparation of a pre-filled plastic syringe, and preferably the preparation of a plastic syringe pre-filled with a diagnostic contrast agent wherein said syringe comprises as components a barrel, a tip seal capable of sealing the nozzle of the barrel and a piston capable of sliding in the barrel and sealing the open end of the barrel opposite the nozzle, comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one component of said syringe which is molded under conditions which are substantially free of pyrogens and viable and non-viable particulates; and (b) filling and assembling said syringe.