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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Applicant:
W. Edward Hill, Morgantown, PA (US);
Inventor:
W. Edward Hill, Morgantown, PA (US);
Assignee:
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piston nest () is provided that includes a plurality of spaced apart single nesting units () interconnected by a web (). Each of the single nesting units is configured a hollow cylindrical body having a first open end about a distal end of the body and a second open end about the proximal end. The hollow cylindrical body also includes a first () and a second () retention member for retaining a piston within the single nesting unit. The first and the second retention members are spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical body.