Patent ID: 9682015
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61J,B65D,F16K

Claim:
1. A package for a sterile pharmaceutical fluid, said package comprising: a) a container including a container body, said container body including an annular container neck, said container body defining a fluid reservoir and said container neck defining an open container mouth in fluid communication with said reservoir, b) a plug inserted into said mouth so as to span across said container neck and fluidically isolate said reservoir, said plug comprising opposed exterior and interior surfaces and defining an elongate fluid passageway therethrough, said fluid passageway comprising opposed first and second openings in fluid communication with each other and with said reservoir, c) a float residing inside the container, said float sized and shaped to seal said second opening of said fluid passageway when a fluid held within said reservoir falls to a level near depletion, when said fluid passageway is positioned in underlying registry with said reservoir, wherein the second opening is positioned towards the interior of the container and at the interior surface of the plug, and wherein the float is configured to provide a lock on the interior surface of the plug, and wherein the length of said fluid passageway is greater than the diameter of the second opening.