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Granted Patent B2
US 10,160,576 · App. 12/666,967 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Closure with membrane and rotatable protective cap

Inventors: Lothar Grunert (Biblis, DE); Andreas Mrass (Darmstadt, DE); Peter Mueller (Griesheim, DE); Kemal Eray (Worms, DE); Thorsten Hassenzahl (Pfungstadt, DE); Klaus Oswald (Riedstadt, DE)
Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
B65D47/265B65D41/3404B65D51/002B65D2101/0023
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Patent No.
US 10,160,576
App. No.
12/666,967
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A closure ( 2 ) for closing an opening of a container ( 1 ) for storing and removing sterile or moisture-sensitive media has a closure cap ( 3 ), which can be connected to the container in a fluid-tight manner, and a piercable, self-closing septum ( 20 ), which closes at least one removal opening ( 7 ) in the closure cap ( 3 ) in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the closure ( 2 ) has a rotatably mounted protective cap ( 4 ) with a cutout ( 5 ). The cutout ( 5 ) is arranged off-centre in the protective cap ( 4 ) and the closure cap ( 3 ) has off centre a closure region ( 9 ) which is not impinged by the at least one removal opening ( 7 ) and is larger than the cutout ( 5 ) in the protective cap ( 4 ). The closure ( 2 ) has a latching mechanism, which is suitable for arranging the protective cap ( 4 ) in relation to the closure cap ( 3 ) in such a way that the cutout ( 5 ) in the protective cap ( 4 ) is aligned either in line with the or a removal opening ( 7 ) in the closure cap ( 3 ) or at a distance from the removal opening or openings ( 7 ). The closure ( 2 ) has at least one tamper-proof means of protection.

Claims (9)

1. A closure ( 2 ) for sealing an opening of a container ( 1 ) for the storage and removal of sterile or moisture-sensitive media having a closure cap ( 3 ) which can be connected to the container ( 1 ) in a liquid-tight manner and having a piercable, self-sealing septum ( 20 ) which seals an off-center removal opening ( 7 ) in the closure cap ( 3 ) in a liquid-tight manner, wherein the closure ( 2 ) has a rotatable mounted protective cap ( 4 ) having only one cut-out ( 5 ) for uncovering the removal opening ( 7 ), and wherein the cut-out ( 5 ) in the protective cap ( 4 ) is matched to the dimension of the removal opening ( 7 ), and

wherein closure cap ( 3 ) has a plurality of off-center removal openings ( 7 ) each of which is sealed by the septum ( 20 ) and wherein the rotation of the protective cap ( 4 ) positions the cut-out ( 5 ) to match the dimensions of each of the removal openings ( 7 ) in order to uncover it, and

wherein closure cap ( 3 ) additionally comprises only one area ( 9 ) which is not encompassed by the removal openings ( 7 ) and arranged between two adjacent removal openings ( 7 ), wherein the dimensions of the area ( 9 ) are sufficient to cover an assigned area of the cut-out ( 5 ),

and

wherein the closure cap ( 3 ) is connected to the container ( 1 ) in a detachable manner.

2. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the closure ( 2 ) has a latch mechanism, which is suitable for arranging the protective cap ( 4 ) relative to the closure cap ( 3 ) so that the cut-out ( 5 ) in the protective cap ( 4 ) is aligned either flush with the removal opening ( 7 ) in the closure cap ( 3 ) or alternatively at a distance from the removal openings ( 7 ).

3. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the closure ( 2 ) has a locking mechanism which prevents the protective cap ( 4 ) from being rotated against a pre-specified direction of rotation.

4. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the protective cap ( 4 ) has at least one shape projecting to a side.

5. The closure of claim 1 , wherein the protective cap ( 4 ) has a plurality of latch elements ( 14 ) which connect the protective cap ( 4 ) to closure cap ( 3 ).

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECTIVE OF AN INCORRECT ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 023711 FRAME 0159. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MRASS, ANDRES. Recorded Mar 12, 2010
From: GRUNERT, LOTHAR; MRASS, ANDREAS; MUELLER, PETER; ERAY, KEMAL; HASSENZAHL, THORSTEN; OSWALD, KLAUS
To: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024074/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2009
From: GRUNERT, LOTHAR; MRASS, ANDRES; MUELLER, PETER; ERAY, KEMAL; HASSENZAHL, THORSTEN; OSWALD, KLAUS
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 023711/0159 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2007 030 352 · Jun 29, 2007 · national
DE 10 2007 058 349 · Dec 3, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100176080A1 · Jul 15, 2010
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