US 12,383,463 B1
Tamper evident seal for a vial cover
Jonathan Vitello, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Santiago Paredes, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Peter Lehel, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING, LLC, Pompano Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Jonathan Vitello, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Santiago Paredes, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Peter Lehel, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/414,244.
Application 18/414,244 is a continuation of application No. 17/563,371, filed on Dec. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,872,187.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,124, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Int. Cl. A61J 1/14 (2023.01); B65D 41/46 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/1425 (2015.05) [B65D 41/465 (2013.01); B65D 51/245 (2013.01); A61J 2205/10 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal structure for a vial cover, said seal structure comprising:
a housing including a sidewall disposed in surrounding relation to an interior of said housing,
said housing including an open-end and a closed-end oppositely disposed to one another,
a retainer fixedly disposed to the interior of said housing and structured for retaining engagement with a vial,
a pressure member disposed within said housing in attached relation to said closed-end,
said pressure member dimensioned and disposed in pressure exerting relation to the vial cover concurrent to said retaining engagement of said retainer with the vial cover, and
said pressure member including a distal end, said distal end disposed in substantially aligned relation with said retainer, concurrent to pressure exerting engagement with the vial cover.