| CPC C03B 17/04 (2013.01) [A61J 1/05 (2013.01); C03B 33/06 (2013.01); C03C 3/093 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. At least one glass tube having an azimuthal wall thickness deviation WTD of not more than 6.0%, the azimuthal wall thickness deviation being determined based on a lowest wall thickness value and a highest wall thickness value measured within a cross-section of the at least one glass tube, the azimuthal wall thickness deviation WTD being calculated according to the following formula:
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