US 12,434,246 B2
Pierceable cap
Ammon David Lentz, York, PA (US); Kevin Bailey, Monkton, MD (US); Dustin Diemert, Baltimore, MD (US); Joel Daniel Krayer, New Milford, NJ (US); and Laurence Michael Vaughan, Cockeysville, MD (US)
Assigned to BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,401.
Application 17/837,401 is a division of application No. 15/372,021, filed on Dec. 7, 2016, granted, now 11,389,802.
Application 15/372,021 is a division of application No. 13/985,177, granted, now 9,545,632, issued on Jan. 17, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2012/024993, filed on Feb. 14, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/442,676, filed on Feb. 14, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/442,634, filed on Feb. 14, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001417 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B65D 51/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/56 (2013.01) [B65D 51/002 (2013.01); B65D 2231/022 (2013.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for penetrating a pierceable cap comprising:
attaching a shell and an elastomeric seal onto a sample vessel, wherein the shell comprises an access port and a threaded portion, wherein the elastomeric seal comprises a collar configured as an annular ring that is positioned between the access port and the threaded portion wherein the annular ring is held in position and compressed when the shell is attached to the sample vessel, and a support band disposed above or below the collar, wherein the support band has a circumference that is slightly less than an outer circumference of the collar of the elastomeric seal;
inserting a sample transfer device through the access port in the shell, wherein the shell is attached to the sample vessel by the threaded portion that extends from the access port of the shell, wherein the threaded portion is wider than the access port;
advancing the transfer device towards an openable portion disposed on a surface of the elastomeric seal;
puncturing the openable portion with the transfer device to access a sample contained within the sample vessel, wherein the elastomeric seal is configured with a radial portion and at least two ribs extending radially inward and axially downward from the radial portion, wherein downward is toward an interior of the vessel; and
removing the transfer device from the sample vessel.