Container cap assembly having an enclosed penetrator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6635043
APP PUB NO 20010001116A1
SERIAL NO

09754432

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A cap assembly for a container has a hollow housing with an upper end that receives a fluid transfer device and a lower end that engages a stopper on the container. The housing has an internal cavity open at the upper and lower ends and a radially outwardly extending portion at the lower end. A penetrator is received in the internal cavity. The penetrator has a pointed distal end opposite the stopper and an upper end constructed to be engaged by a fluid transfer device. A cap is constructed the hollow housing. The cap has a closed upper end, an open lower end, a radially outwardly extending portion at the open end, and a circumferential line of weakness connecting the upper and lower ends. A ferrule is over the radially outwardly extending portion of the hollow housing and the radially outwardly extending portion of the cap.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • HOSPIRA, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Daubert, Richard F Arlington Heights, IL 8 478
Hellstrom, Steven P Schaumburg, IL 13 782
Karas, Peter J Libertyville, IL 11 937
Moore, John K Evanston, IL 21 597
Norman, John S Gurnee, IL 21 658
Tanner, II John C Lake Bluff, IL 13 986
Verlee, Donald Libertyville, IL 17 794

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