Patent References 3756390 Syringe containing frozen vaccine Medicine container having lyophilized powder and diluent stored in separate sealed chambers Two compartment syringe Patent #: 4994043 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 931380 filed on 08/18/1992US Classes:604/89, Closure or barrier between compartments moved to permit mixing604/87, Means broken, cut, pierced or torn to permit mixing604/416Materials mixed within containerExaminersPrimary: Rimell, SamAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA61K 009/00Foreign Application Priority Data1988-03-01 DEAbstractA twin-chamber syringe has a pyrogen-free sterile solvent in the chamber averted from the needle, and in the second chamber facing the needle a charge of activity-sensitive human protein, introduced and lyophilized in a single operation in the syringe, where it is stored , in a quantity necessary for therapeutically effective administration. The invention also relates to the filling of the syringe and the potential it offers for immediate use of activity-sensitive human proteins and for self-administration at home. | |