Patent ID: 9549874
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61J,A61L,B29C,B29L,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A method comprising: forming a device defining a sterile chamber sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere and including a resealable portion that is penetrable by a filling member so that the filling member is in fluid communication with the chamber of the device for introducing a substance through the filling member and into the chamber of the device, for withdrawing the filling member from the resealable portion, and for hermetically sealing an aperture formed in the resealable portion by the filling member, wherein the forming step comprises: molding a body defining a chamber under one or more of (a) a substantially laminar flow or (b) a flow of sterile filtered air; molding the resealable portion under said one or more of a substantially laminar flow or a flow of sterile filtered air in close proximity to the molding of the body, wherein the resealable portion is penetrable by a filling member and is resealable to hermetically seal an aperture therein; and prior to allowing the resealable portion and body to cool to an ambient temperature, assembling the resealable portion and body and forming the device defining the sterile chamber sealed with respect to ambient atmosphere.