Sealing closure plug - Patent 1394061

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EP 1 394 061 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/10

(21)	Application number: 03076776.8

(22)	Date of filing: 06.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 39/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

08.07.2002 US 191014

(71)	Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
	Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Zurcher, Robert G. Little Falls, New Jersey 07424 (US)

(74)	Representative: Brookhuis, Hendrik Jan Arnold
	Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V. P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)

(54)	Sealing closure plug

(57) A closure (10) for sealing closing a medical specimen container (14) having a container wall defining a container interior and an open end. The closure includes a molded plastic closure frame (24) having a cap portion for positioning over the open end of the container and an insertion portion depending from the cap portion for positioning adjacent the container wall. An elastomeric sheath (26) is formed about the insertion portion of the frame. The elastomeric sheath is to be disposed in resilient frictional engagement with the container wall.

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