Patent ID: 8348903
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A61M,A61N,G21F

Abstract:
1. A cartridge for the packaging of a pharmaceutical comprising a plastic barrel, closed at one end by a cap and at the other end by a piston, wherein said cap is provided at least partly with: a shoulder cooperating with the barrel in a double-level snap-on system; a cavity configured to accommodate an elastomeric protection sleeve of injection means fitting, to make a seal, said cap being terminated at a first end by a peel-off porous liner covering said cavity; a first plurality of radial fins protruding inside said cavity, for screwing the injection means fitting and with a second plurality of radial fins protruding on the outside of the cap to ensure fixation of the cap into a cartridge protection shield; a second end opposite to the first end and facing the barrel, shaped so to minimize a shadow area in the case of UV flash lamp sterilization and to ensure sufficient clearance for inserting a spike of the injection means, said second end being closed and having a reduced wall thickness for acting as a septum to be pierced by said spike at the time of setting up for dispensing the pharmaceutical to a patient; an external cylindrical zone at the second end to ensure leak tightness between the cap and the surrounding barrel; the barrel being provided at least partly with: