Patent ID: 6243938
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A61L,A61M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a drug delivery assembly having a sealing member disposed within a medicament receiving chamber, comprising the steps of:(A) compounding a plastic material;(B) mixing a polymeric silicone into the plastic material while perfonning step (A);(C) forming the chamber from the compounded plastic material containing the polymeric silicone;(D) coating an outer surface on a sealing member with a polymeric silicone;(E) irradiating the coated sealing member with a radioisotope to thereby induce cross-linked bonds between molecules of the polymeric silicone and to adhere the polymeric silicone to the other surface; and(F) inserting the sealing member from step (D) into the chamber from step (C).