Patent ID: 11963927
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  C  Y | IPC A  B  C

Claim 14:
15. A method of making a glass container for storing a pharmaceutical formulation, the method comprising:
heating a Type 1 glass composition according to ASTM Standard E438-92(2011) to form a glass melt;
forming the glass melt into a glass tube;
re-forming the glass tube into the glass container comprising a glass body having a wall portion with an interior surface and an exterior surface, a heel portion, and a floor portion, wherein the interior surface of the glass container is formed by the interior surface of the glass body such that the interior surface of the glass container consists of the Type 1 glass composition, and wherein the glass container does not comprise a boron-rich layer on the interior surface of the glass body, the glass container comprising at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719 and Type 1 chemical durability according to USP <660>; and
applying a coating having a thickness of less than 100 microns to the exterior surface such that the glass container with the coating has a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7.