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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2011
Sebastian Vogt, Erfurt, DE;
Hubert Büchner, Nürnberg, DE;
Sebastian Vogt, Erfurt, DE;
Hubert Büchner, Nürnberg, DE;
Heraeus Medical GmbH, Wehrheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for vial opening comprising an external container, in which a closed vial having a vial body and a vial head is arranged, and comprising a hollow space in the region of the vial head, whereby the hollow space comprises at least one opening and a connection to the vial, whereby the vial head, at least regions thereof, is arranged in the connection of the hollow space to the vial, and the walls of the external container comprise at least one deformable region or are altogether made of a deformable material, whereby tilting of the vial with respect to the connection is made feasible, and the diameter of the connection is adapted to the dimensions of the vial head in such a manner that the vial head can be fractured or broken off the vial body when the vial is being tilted with respect to the connection.