ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,694, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Methods for manufacturing non-glass prefilled syringes" was invented by Kelly Kuehne (Williamston, Mich.), Curt Carpenter (Webberville, Mich.) and Jessica Leginski (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sterilizing a prefilled syringe comprises assembling a syringe assembly and performing at least one ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization procedure cycle. The assembling step includes inserting a tip cap at a first end of a plunger, filling a non-glass barrel with sterilization sensitive material at a second end of the barrel, and inserting the ...