Patent ID: 7832078

Claim:
A process for making a medicinal vial comprising: (1) providing a vial mould having an openable cavity therein defining the shape of a medicinal vial having a mouth opening, (2) moulding a vial in the vial mould cavity using a mouldable medicinally acceptable polymer, (3) opening the vial mould to expose the vial, (4) removing the vial from the vial mould, (5) providing a closure mould having an openable cavity therein defining the shape of a puncturable closure for the mouth opening of the medicinal vial, (6) moulding a puncturable closure in the closure mould cavity using a mouldable medicinally acceptable elastomeric polymer, (7) opening the closure mould to expose the puncturable closure, (8) removing the puncturable closure from the closure mould, (9) automatically inserting the puncturable closure into the mouth opening of the vial, and wherein at least steps (3), (4), (7), (8) and (9) are performed under sterile conditions.