Method For Reducing or Eliminating Residue in a Glass Container and a Glass Container made in Accordance Therewith

• Main Authors: Vulliet, Daniel, Cocheteux, Bruno, Wales, Edouard, Luedtke, Richard Dale, Cortes, Arturo, Prais, Alfred W, Delabie, Patrice, Schaecher, Randy
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.09.2021
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CHEMISTRY; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; GLASS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL

A method of preparing a glass medical container is provided including the steps of providing a glass blank and forming a channel through a part of the glass blank, the channel being substantially free of tungsten or derivatives thereof. In a further aspect of the subject invention, a glass medical container is provided including a glass body having a channel extending through a part of the glass body, the channel being substantially free of tungsten or derivatives thereof. With the subject invention, tungsten or derivatives thereof can be generally or altogether completely avoided in glass medical containers.