Patent ID: 8434477
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
1. Assembly of a tube-shaped basic body and a tube-shaped cap, which are open at one distal side, and which are configured to be connected to each other by means of a snap connection and forming a capsule for enclosing a quantity of medicine in doing so, wherein fixating means comprising fixating parts which are adapted to engage each other tightly in order to realize a fixed snap connection are provided, wherein one of the fixating parts is arranged on one of the outer surface of the basic body and an inner surface of the cap, wherein at least one recess is arranged in an outer surface of the basic body, wherein at least one fixating bulge is arranged in an inner surface of the cap, which is configured to be snugly received in the recess in the outer surface of the basic body in order to realize a fixed snap connection, and wherein an inner diameter of the fixating bulge of the inner surface of the cap, at the position of an area of the fixating bulge located most to an inside is at the most equal to an outer diameter of the recess in the outer surface of the basic body, at the position of an area of the recess located most to an inside, wherein at least one retaining bulge is arranged in the inner surface of the cap, at a position closer to the open distal side of the cap than the fixating bulge, which is configured to be releasably received in the recess in the outer surface of the basic body in order to realize a releasable snap connection, wherein an inner diameter of the retaining bulge, at the position of an area of this bulge located most to an inside, is larger than an inner diameter of the fixating bulge, at a position of an area of this bulge located most to an inside, and is larger than the outer diameter of the recess in the outer surface of the basic body, at a position of the area of the recess located most to an inside.