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US 12,258,162 · App. 18/441,090 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Filling nozzle

Inventor: Shaw Nishizawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B65B39/00B05B15/525B05B15/65B65B3/003B65B3/04
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Patent No.
US 12,258,162
App. No.
18/441,090
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a filling nozzle obtained by using a resin selected from a cycloolefin polymer and a cycloolefin copolymer, or a filling nozzle including a tubular passage for supplying a pharmaceutical solution, and a filling port disposed at a lower end of the tubular passage, in which the tubular passage and the filling port have a circular peripheral cross-section, and an inner diameter of the passage of the filling port is larger than an inner diameter of the tubular passage disposed on an upstream side.

Claims (11)

1. A filling nozzle, comprising a nozzle body having a tubular passage for supplying a pharmaceutical solution, and a filling port having a passage formed continuously to a lower end of the tubular passage, for discharging the pharmaceutical solution from a tip of the filling port,

wherein an inner diameter of the tubular passage is 1.0 to 5.0 mm, and a length in the length direction of the filling nozzle is 10.0 to 300.0 mm, and

wherein the filling nozzle is formed by using a resin having a water contact angle of 80 to 94 degrees, and the resin is selected from the group consisting of a cycloolefin polymer, a cycloolefin copolymer, and polypropylene.

2. The filling nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter of the tubular passage is 1.0 to 3.0 mm.

3. The filling nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular passage has a constant inner diameter as a whole.

4. The filling nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is selected from a cycloolefin copolymer that is a copolymer of a cyclic olefin and an olefin, a cycloolefin ring-opening polymer, and a hydrogenated product of the cycloolefin ring-opening polymer.

5. The filling nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is an ethylene-norbornene copolymer.

6. The filling nozzle according to claim 5 , wherein the ethylene-norbornene copolymer contains a repeating structure derived from addition polymerization of norbornene.

7. The filling nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is selected from a norbornene ring-opening polymer that may be substituted with C1-6 alkyl, and a hydrogenated product of the ring-opening polymer.

8. A production method for a liquid pharmaceutical formulation, comprising filling a pharmaceutical solution in a vessel by using the filling nozzle according to claim 1 .

9. The production method according to claim 8 , wherein an active ingredient contained in the pharmaceutical solution is an antibody.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2024
From: NISHIZAWA, SHAW
To: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066499/0627 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-101787 · May 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 18206253 · Jun 6, 2023
Division 17059342
Related Publication 20240308707A1 · Sep 19, 2024
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