Patent ID: 8540693

Claim:
A method for removing a fluid medium from a container, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a removal device with a closed-off, sterilizable interior, at least one needle element being held in the interior and the interior being closed off by at least one germ-blocking perforable sealing element; (b) providing the container which contains the fluid medium, the container having at least one container wall with at least one perforable section; (c) connecting the removal device and the container, wherein the connecting produces a protected region between the perforable section and the perforable sealing element, the protected region being closed off to the surroundings in a substantially germ-tight fashion; and (d) perforating the perforable sealing element and the perforable section with a needle element, wherein the needle element penetrates the protected region; wherein a period of time of at least one week passes between step (c) and step (d).