Patent ID: 7905257

Claim:
A method comprising the following steps: providing a plurality of devices, wherein each device includes a penetrable and resealable portion, and a sealed empty chamber in fluid communication with the penetrable and resealable portion; sterilizing the plurality of sealed, empty devices by subjecting them to radiation capable of penetrating through the penetrable and resealable portions and into the chambers; transporting the plurality of devices with sterilized internal chambers on a conveyor; conveying the devices through a sterilizing station and sterilizing at least an external surface of the penetrable and resealable portions of the devices; introducing at least one injection member through the penetrable and resealable portions of the devices; introducing through the at least one injection member a sterile substance into the sterile chambers of the devices; withdrawing the at least one injection member from the penetrable and resealable portions; and resealing the penetrable and resealable portions and sealing the sterile substance within the devices.