Patent ID: 6387073
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
A hermetically sealed container which comprises:a container body portion which terminates at one end into a hollow neck portion that defines a socket; a medicament bearing insert assembly sealingly received in said socket and including a base member permanently immobilized in said socket and defining a medicament pocket with a proximal aperture occluded by a rupturable membrane unitary with the base member; a solid medicament in said pocket; and a plunger engaged by said base member, movable in said pocket, and adapted to penetrate said membrane so as to dispense the medicament into the container through the proximal aperture in the base member but without fully severing the membrane from the base member; a severable overcap unitary with the container and delineated from the neck portion by a frangible web.