Syringe packaging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10064998-B2
Application number	US-201615206029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2016
Priority date	Jul 10, 2015
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A syringe packaging system that includes a tube and a cap for enclosing a pre-filled syringe is disclosed. The tube includes a tube cut flange and the cap includes a cut skirt. With a syringe barrel contained within the tube, a syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange. With the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the tube and the cap, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange. In one embodiment, a film is securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A syringe packaging system, comprising:
a pre-filled syringe including a syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining a chamber, the proximal end having a syringe barrel cut flange;
a cap having a first end and a second end, the second end including a cut skirt; and
a packaging member enclosing the pre-filled syringe, the packaging member including a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including a tube cut flange,
wherein with the syringe barrel contained within the tube, the syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange along a line extending from the respective proximal ends of the syringe barrel and the tube to the respective distal ends of the syringe barrel and the tube; and
wherein, with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the packaging member, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange.

2. The syringe packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the syringe barrel cut flange includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

3. The syringe packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the tube cut flange includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

4. The syringe packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the cut skirt includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

5. The syringe packaging system of claim 1 , further comprising a film securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube.

6. The syringe packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the tube is closed.

7. A syringe packaging system, comprising:
a pre-filled syringe, comprising:
a syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining a chamber, the proximal end having a syringe barrel cut flange;
a fluid disposed within the chamber of the syringe barrel;
a stopper slidably disposed within the chamber of the syringe barrel; and
a plunger rod having a proximal end and a distal end engageable with a portion of the stopper; and
a packaging member enclosing the pre-filled syringe, the packaging member comprising:
a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including a tube cut flange;
a cap having a first end and a second end, the second end including a cut skirt; and
a film securable to a portion of the tube and a portion of the cap to connect the tube and the cap with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the cap and the tube;
wherein, with the pre-filled syringe enclosed within the packaging member, the cut skirt of the cap surrounds the syringe barrel cut flange.

8. The syringe packaging system of claim 7 , wherein the syringe barrel cut flange includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

9. The syringe packaging system of claim 7 , wherein the tube cut flange includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

10. The syringe packaging system of claim 7 , wherein the cut skirt includes a flat wall portion and an arcuate wall portion.

11. The syringe packaging system of claim 7 , wherein, with the syringe barrel contained within the tube, the syringe barrel cut flange is aligned with the tube cut flange along a line extending from the respective proximal ends of the syringe barrel and the tube to the respective distal ends of the syringe barrel and the tube.

12. The syringe packaging system of claim 7 , wherein the distal end of the tube is closed.

Assignees

• Fresenius Kabi Deutschland Gmbh

Inventors

• DUINAT Brigitte
• Shermer Charles D
• Dorelon Luc

Classifications

• A61M2005/3104

  Caps for syringes without needle · CPC title

• A61M5/3202

  Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps (A61M5/50 takes precedence; for infusion spikes A61M5/1626; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001) · CPC title

• A61M5/002

  Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics (needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001) · CPC title

• A61M2005/3142

  Modular constructions, e.g. supplied in separate pieces to be assembled by end-user · CPC title

• A61M5/31505

  Integral with the syringe barrel, i.e. connected to the barrel so as to make up a single complete piece or unit · CPC title