US 12,303,460 B2
Moisture protection features for a bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products and methods of making same
Wail A. Rasheed, Union, NJ (US); Cassie R. Megna, Jersey City, NJ (US); Ophelia L. Wells, Pottstown, PA (US); and John B. Cline, Monroe, NJ (US)
Assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/910,922
Filed by MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC, Rahway, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/024026
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/202214, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/001,751, filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172805 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 1/03 (2023.01); B65D 25/54 (2006.01); B65D 51/30 (2006.01); B65D 81/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/03 (2013.01) [B65D 25/54 (2013.01); B65D 51/30 (2013.01); B65D 81/268 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for moisture protection, comprising:
a bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products including a substantially cylindrical body having a sidewall, a top and a base defining an interior chamber, a first opening being defined in the top of the body, the first opening providing communication to the interior chamber and being eccentric with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the body, and a second opening defined in the top of the body and being disposed adjacent the first opening, the second opening being smaller than the first opening;
a cartridge configured and arranged to be received within the second opening; and
at least one desiccant disposed within the cartridge.