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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9333147 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2011

Device for sealing a vessel and method of manufacturing a sealed vessel

Applicants:

Andreas Schuetz, Stockdorf, DE;

Makoto Kakiuchi, Ibaraki, JP;

Seiji Shimazaki, Ibaraki, JP;

Teruo Matsuda, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Andreas Schuetz, Stockdorf, DE;

Makoto Kakiuchi, Ibaraki, JP;

Seiji Shimazaki, Ibaraki, JP;

Teruo Matsuda, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

ARTE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Philip R Wiest

Assistant Examiner:

Benjamin Klein

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/28 (2006.01); A61J 1/06 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65B 63/00 (2006.01); B65B 63/08 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); A61J 1/065 (2013.01); A61J 1/2093 (2013.01); A61M 5/284 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65B 63/00 (2013.01); B65B 63/08 (2013.01); A61J 1/2031 (2015.05); A61M 5/31511 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3123 (2013.01); B65B 2220/14 (2013.01); B65B 2230/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for sealing a vessel, in particular a cartridge () or a test-tube for accommodating a freeze-dried pharmaceutical product (S), wherein the vessel () comprises at its opening end () an opening edge () and an adjoining longitudinal portion () with an evenly formed inner cross section, including a front plunger () to be positioned inside the vessel () at the longitudinal portion (), is characterized in that the front plunger () is configured to be positioned in the vessel () in a sealing state, in which the front plunger () is fully inserted in the vessel (), or in an exchange state, in which the front plunger () is inserted partly in the vessel () and partly protrudes over the opening edge () of the vessel (), wherein the front plunger () comprises sealing means that are configured to seal the inside of the vessel () against the outside when the front plunger () is positioned in the sealing state, and one or more communicating grooves () that are configured to place the inside and outside of the vessel () in communication with each other when the front plunger () is positioned in the exchange state. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a sealed vessel () is disclosed.

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