US 12,434,001 B2
Cap for pre-filled syringe with luer-lock connector
Alfredo Ricci, Citta'Sant'Angelo (IT)
Assigned to PLATINUM PHARMA SERVICE S.R.L.S., Citta' Sant'Angelo (IT)
Appl. No. 17/773,198
Filed by PLATINUM PHARMA SERVICE S.R.L.S., Citta' Sant'Angelo (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/060197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/084489, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000020170 (IT), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370719 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 5/31 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31 (2013.01) [A61M 2005/3104 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap for a pre-filled syringe with a Luer-lock connector comprising: a main body provided with a first handle portion and a second portion configured to be coupled to said Luer-lock connector, an axial cavity having an aperture at said second coupling portion being formed in said main body; and a rubber housed within said axial cavity of said main body; wherein the cap comprises a tapered portion which is interposed between said first handle portion and said second coupling portion and is configured to air-tightly engage the Luer-lock connector, and said rubber has a surface facing the aperture of the axial cavity, said surface configured to abut against an open free end of a tip of the pre-filled syringe for air-tightly closing said open free end, wherein said rubber further comprises a series of longitudinal grooves formed in a side surface thereof.