Becton Dickinson France

Provided herein is a needle shield for use with a syringe comprising a needle and a barrel. The needle shield includes a rigid casing portion and a compliant casing portion joined with the rigid casing portion and formed of an elastomeric material. The compliant casing portion has a closed distal end and an open proximal end and defining a cavity therein, with the hollow cavity comprising a needle storage portion within which the needle is positioned when the needle shield is mounted to the barrel and a barrel storage portion within which the hub portion of the barrel is received. The compliant casing portion comprises a sealing ring formed on an inner surface thereof, in an area of the barrel storage portion, and that engages the hub portion of the barrel when the needle shield is mounted to the barrel, the sealing ring having a non-circular shape.

Provided herein is a stopper for use in an injection device, with the stopper including one or more features thereon that address issues related to container closure integrity, gliding force, stopper deformation, minimization of dead volume in the injection device, and stickiness of the stopper. The stopper may include vertical ribs, a patterned roof portion, a proximal shoulder portion with projections thereon, and/or one or more annular lips, with a combination of one or more of these features addressing the aforementioned issues.

Provided herein is a system for localizing RFID-tagged medical injection devices in a nest. The system includes a conveyor that conveys tubs along a conveying path, each of the tubs including a RFID-tagged nest therein that retains RFID-tagged medical injection devices. A plurality of RFID coupling elements is positioned at a reading location along the conveying path, and a RFID reader is operably connected with the RFID coupling elements to read the RFID-tagged nest when passing the reading location, including reading a nest identifier associated with the nest. A processor determines whether the nest is in a first orientation or a second orientation based on a reading of the RFID-tagged nest via one of the RFID coupling elements, queries a database using the nest identifier and the determined orientation of the nest, and registers the location of each RFID-tagged medical injection device within the nest based on the query.

A process for forming a glass syringe body in which a portion of a glass tube is heated to form a heated portion, and the heated portion is manipulated using a forming tool to change the shape of the heated portion. The portion of the glass tube is heated by direct impingement by a flame of a combustion burner, the combustion burner is supplied with hydrogen gas (H₂) as a fuel and oxygen gas as an oxidant (O₂), and the ratio of hydrogen gas to oxygen gas (H₂/O₂) is 2.6-8.9. Also, a production line for the inventive process including at least one combustion burner, at least one forming tool, a conveyer for conveying the glass tube through the production line, a supply of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to the at least one combustion burner, and an exhaust positioned at least above the at least the combustion burner.

A plunger rod including an elongated body having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein in a cross-sectional plane transverse to the longitudinal axis, the elongated body including: a first segment defining a first end and a second end; a second segment laterally spaced from the first segment, the second segment defining a first end and a second end; a third segment extending from the first segment to the second segment, wherein the third segment is axially spaced from the first end of the first segment and the first end of the second segment; a fourth segment extending from the second end of the first segment; and a fifth segment extending from the second end of the second segment.

The invention relates to a bag protector (30) for protecting a bag filled with plurality of unit medical objects, wherein the bag protector (30) comprises a main body formed by folding and erecting one or more blanks made of sheet material, characterized in that said main body comprises a base section including a base panel (100) extending along a base plane and having two transversally opposite lateral edges (102), and in that the bag protector (30) comprises at least one belt panel (140), which extends over the base panel (100) to secure the bag filled with a plurality of unit medical objects on the base panel (100). The invention also provides for a packaging (40) and for a packaging system comprising such bag protector.

The invention relates to a roller sweep (30) for a glass forming machine (10), wherein the roller sweep comprises a sweep pad support (32) for a roller sweep (30) for a glass forming machine (10), wherein the sweep pad support (32) comprises a wedge (34) having an upper apex ridge (36) extending along a longitudinal direction in a median longitudinal plane (P36) of the wedge (34), wherein the wedge (32 ) further comprises two lower longitudinal side edges (38, 39) which extend parallel to the upper apex ridge (36), each on one side of median longitudinal plane (P36), and wherein the sweep pad support (32) comprises pad fasteners (60, 62) for attaching a sweep pad (28) straddling the wedge (34) on both sides of the upper apex ridge (36).

The invention relates to a tip-cap assembly (30) adapted to close the fluid passageway (14) of the distally projecting tip (13) of an injection system (10), said tip-cap assembly (30) comprising:- an elastomeric inner cap (50) having a distal face (53) and a radial rim (57), and a length L2 defined as the distance between the distal face (53) and the radial rim (57),- a rigid outer cap (40) which is or can be securely disposed around said elastomeric inner cap (50), said rigid outer cap comprising a shoulder (42f) and at least one abutment surface (42e), and a length L1 defined as the distance between the at least one abutment surface (42e) and the shoulder (42f),wherein the elastomeric inner cap (50) is distally blocked by the contact between the distal face (53) and the at least one abutment surface (42e) and proximally blocked by the contact between the radial rim (57) and the shoulder (42f),and wherein the length L1 is greater than the length L2 in order to allow a limited translation of the elastomeric inner cap (50) within the rigid outer cap (40).

The present invention relates to adaptor (30) for a drug delivery device having a reservoir (12) and a longitudinal tip (20), the adaptor (30) comprising a distal part defining a connecting ring (31) intended to receive a connector, and a proximal part defining a mounting ring (33) having an inner surface (34), the mounting ring (33) being shaped and configured such that, when the adaptor (30) is mounted around the longitudinal tip (20) of the drug delivery device, at least one annular space (38) is created between said inner surface (34) of the mounting ring (33) and said outer surface (20a) of the longitudinal tip (20), said at least one annular space (38) being able to accommodate an adhesive layer (40) in order to bond said adaptor (30) to said longitudinal tip. The invention further relates to a drug delivery device comprising such an adaptor.

Provided herein is a syringe comprising a syringe barrel including a distal barrel tip, a plunger assembly received within the syringe barrel, a needle fixedly inserted into the barrel tip, a tip ring positioned about the barrel tip and extending radially outward therefrom, and a needle shield removably connectable with the tip ring, with the needle shield positioned over the needle when connected to the tip ring. The needle shield includes a rigid outer casing defining an inner cavity, a compliant jupe positioned within the inner cavity at a distal end thereof and configured to retain the needle tip therein when the needle shield is connected to the tip ring and a compliant shield ring positioned within the inner cavity at a proximal end thereof and configured to engage the tip ring to retain the needle shield in place relative to the syringe barrel.