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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Hiroshi Togashi, Tochigi, JP;
Scott Young, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Edward F. Vander Bush, Jr., Downingtown, PA (US);
Hiroshi Togashi, Tochigi, JP;
Scott Young, Kennett Square, PA (US);
Edward F. Vander Bush, Jr., Downingtown, PA (US);
Daikyo Seiko, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Lionville, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical container useful upon transportation of plural syringe barrels. The medical container includes at least a container main body and a holding member arranged inside the container main body. The holding member is provided at least with a plurality of cylindrical holding portions for holding syringe barrels. The container main body has at least a peripheral rim arranged on and along an outer periphery of an opening and a shoulder-shaped portion arranged on an inner wall of the container to arrange the holding member. The shoulder-shaped portion has at least three ribs for supporting the holding member, and has a structure that enables to arrange via the ribs the holding member in a horizontal position relative to a bottom wall of the container main body. According to the present invention, there is provided a medical container of a construction that can be promptly brought into a sterilized state by various methods, can be readily brought into a state capable of maintaining the sterilized state, and during transportation, can fixedly secure, without rattling, syringe barrels held upright by holders.