Patent ID: 7186241

Claim:
A syringe adapted to be filled with a substance by an apparatus including a needle or like filling member for piercing and introducing the substance through the needle or like filling member and into the syringe, and an energy source for directing energy into and thermally resealing an aperture caused by the needle or like filling member, the syringe comprising: a syringe body defining therein a chamber for receiving the substance to be dispensed from the syringe; and a plunger slidably received within the syringe body for dispensing the substance upon movement therein, wherein the plunger includes a resealable stopper penetrable by the needle or like filling member for introducing the substance through the stopper and into the chamber of the syringe body, and wherein a penetrable region of the resealable stopper is fusible in response to the application of thermal energy from the energy source thereto for hermetically sealing the penetrable region after removing the needle or like filling member therefrom.