Patent ID: 6248800
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
A method for preparing a polymerizable, sterile, cyanoacrylate ester composition in a shipping element comprising multiple individual package cyanoacrylate compositions wherein the method comprises:(a) selecting a packaging element;(b) adding a cyanoacrylate ester composition comprising a polymerizable cyanoacrylate ester to an individual packaging element selected in (a) above; and(c) combining multiple individual package elements into a shipping element;(d) exposing the shipping element formed in (c) above to a sufficient dosage of E-beam irradiation maintained at an initial fluence of at least 2 .mu.Curie/cm.sup.2 to sterilize both the packaging elements and the cyanoacrylate ester composition therein without gelling the compositionwherein the average bulk density of the materials comprising the shipping element is less than about 0.2 gm/cm.sup.3.