Patent ID: 11963929
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A glass pharmaceutical vial comprising:
a glass body comprising a sidewall enclosing an interior volume and an outer diameter D;
a shoulder extending from the sidewall;
a neck extending from the shoulder; and
a flange extending from the neck, the flange comprising:
an underside surface extending from the neck; and
an outer surface extending from the underside surface and being radially recessed inwardly thereby defining a cutout portion of the flange,, wherein:
the outer diameter D of the glass body is greater than or equal to 84% and less than or equal to 116% of a diameter d1 of a glass vial of size designation X as defined by ISO 8362-1:2018, wherein X is a smallest size designation of 2R, 3R, 4R, 6R, 8R, 10R, 15R, 20R, 25R, 30R, 50R, and 100R, as defined by ISO 8362-1:2018, for which 116% of the diameter d1 is greater than or equal to D; and
the sidewall of the glass pharmaceutical vial comprises an average wall thickness Ti that is less than or equal to 0.85*s1, wherein s1 is a wall thickness of the glass vial of size designation X as defined by ISO 8362-1:2018.