EP1809351A2 - Recipient a agent de maintien de qualite contraint - Google Patents

Recipient a agent de maintien de qualite contraint

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EP1809351A2
EP1809351A2 EP05810234A EP05810234A EP1809351A2 EP 1809351 A2 EP1809351 A2 EP 1809351A2 EP 05810234 A EP05810234 A EP 05810234A EP 05810234 A EP05810234 A EP 05810234A EP 1809351 A2 EP1809351 A2 EP 1809351A2
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container
set forth
enclosure
quality maintenance
contrast media
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Muthunadar P. Periasamy
William A. Hagen
Michael R. Mahoney
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Mallinckrodt LLC
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Mallinckrodt Inc
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Priority to EP11194510A priority Critical patent/EP2436409A1/fr
Priority to EP11194517A priority patent/EP2436410A1/fr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/007—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests for contrast media
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/3129—Syringe barrels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M5/315—Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod or piston; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing ; Dosing mechanisms
    • A61M5/31511—Piston or piston-rod constructions, e.g. connection of piston with piston-rod

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  • This invention relates generally to storage containers and the storage of substances, and more particularly to a container for holding substances and maintaining their quality.
  • the present invention has application in the medical field for medicine and drug storage containers. Particularly, the present invention can be applied to injectable therapeutic or diagnostic drug storage containers, including intravenous injectable drug containers. A more particularly useful application is for diagnostic contrast media containers.
  • quality maintenance additives may fall into the class of antimicrobials (preservatives) , antioxidants, buffering agents, and/or metal chelating agents (including calcium sequestering agents).
  • quality maintenance additives are given in JAMES C. BOYLAN ET AL., PARENTERAL PRODUCTS, in MODERN PHARMACEUTICS (Gilbert S. Banker et al. eds., 3rd ed., 1996), Chapter 12, pp. 441-460, 470, 471, 473-482, and. 486-487, incorporated herein by reference. Pages 452-458 of MODERN PHARMACEUTICS particularly discloses added substances for use in parenteral formulations .
  • Contrast media used for imaging the body must be stored while maintaining its efficacy and quality for extended periods.
  • Contrast media may be used for radiographic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound imaging, optical imaging and/or nuclear imaging.
  • contrast media examples include Optiray® X-ray contrast media and OptiMARK® MRI contrast media available from Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt of St. Louis, Missouri.
  • the contrast media is injected into the patient who is then subjected to an imaging procedure, the contrast media provides a greater contrast so that the image produced of the tissue in th.e interior of the patient's body is clearer and sharper.
  • magnetic resonance imaging contrast media frequently includes a chelated paramagnetic metal ion in a complex, the most common metal ion being gadolinium (Gd +3 ) .
  • Free metal ions are highly undesirable in a living system such as the human body.
  • the contrast media must not htave a concentration of free gadolinium metal ions that causes a significant physiological effect on the patient.
  • other metal ions e.g. , Fe +3 , Pb +2
  • Manufacturing techniques are employed to minimize the introduction of unwanted metal ions.
  • One step that is commonly taken is to add slight excesses of sodium/calcium salts of chelating agents (e.g., EDTA, DTPA, DTPA-BMEA, "versetamide”) to the contrast media to bind free ions of any metal ions introduced in manufacture and metal ions which may come out of their complex.
  • the chelating agent can in some instances maintain the pH of the contrast media within an optimal effective range for extended periods.
  • pH of the contrast media may be controlled by the addition of buffering or stabilizing agents.
  • OPTIRAY® X-ray contrast media contains tromethamine as a buffer. The effective amount of a buffering or chelating agent depends upon the particular application.
  • the formulation may contain an antioxidant such as ascorbic acid or bisulfite.
  • the additive is somewhat dependent upon the type of liquid being stored . Whatever the exact consumable or parenteral formulation being stored, where a quality- maintenance additive is added, it is unavoidable that some (and usually all) of the agent will be introduced into the body when the product is taken in. It has been suggested in the case of contrast media that if such additives can be avoided, the occurrence of side effects in patients is reduced. See, R. Fattori et al. , Iomeprol and Iopamidol in Cardiac Angiography: a Randomised, Double-blind Parallel- group Comparison, Eur. J Radiol. 18 Suppl. 1:S1-S12 (1994) .
  • quality maintenance additives are important to providing a product which i_s stable and of a consistent quality. Therefore, there is a need for a storage and delivery system in which thiese quality maintenance additives can still be used, but are prevented from entering the patient when the formulation is administered to the patient, or is consumed.
  • a container for holding and maintaining quality of a flowable substance generally comprises an enclosure for containing the flowable substance and a quality maintenance additive active to maintain the quality of the flowable substance.
  • the quality maintenance additive is disposed relative to the enclosure so that the quality maintenance additive contacts the flowable substance prior to administration or consumption, such as when held in the enclosure.
  • the quality maintenance additive is capable of acting on the flowable substance to maintain a quality characteristic of the flowable substance prior to administration or consumption, such as when held in the enclosure.
  • the quality maintenance additive is associated with the enclosure so that it remains with the enclosure when the flowable substance is removed from the enclosure for administration or consumption.
  • packaged contrast media generally comprises a quantity of imaging contrast media contained in a syringe barrel, and a plunger head received in the barrel generally adjacent to one end of the barrel.
  • a chelating agen"t element as an example of quality maintenance additive, is in contact with the quantity of contrast media in the barrel for capturing free metal ions in the contrast media.
  • the chelating agent is configured to remain with the syringe and not be carried by the contrast media upon ejection of the contrast media from the barrel.
  • a method of forming a package of a quantity of flowable substance generally comprises associating a quality maintenance additive associated with a container.
  • a quantity of flowable substance is provided which is loaded into the container.
  • the quality maintenance additive is adapted to maintain the quaLity of the quantity of flowable substance.
  • the association of the quality maintenance additive is such that the quality maintenance additive remains with the container when the flowab3_e substance is emptied therefrom.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section of a syringe prepackaged with a contrast media and with a stem of a syringe plunger disconnected from a plunger head;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary section of a barrel of the syringe taken in the plane including line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing a layer of material applied thereto;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary section of the plunger head taken in the plane including line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and showing a layer of material applied thereto;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary longitudinal section of a syringe having chelating agent components mounted thereon;
  • FIG. 5 is a bottom elevation of a plunger head of a syringe showing a chelating agent component mounted thereon;
  • FIG. 6 is a section taken in the plane including line 6-6 of Fig. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary section of a syringe similar to Fig. 4 but including a filter at an. outlet end of the syringe;
  • FIG. 8 is a section of a bottle containing contrast media and a floating chelating agent component
  • FIG. 9 is a section of a vial containing contrast media.
  • a prefilled syringe (broadly, “a container”) is generally indicated at 1.
  • the syringe includes a barrel (generally indicated at 3) , a plunger head 5 received in the barrel.
  • the barrel 3 (broadly, “an enclosure”) tapers to a nozzle 7 at a constricted end of the barrel.
  • the plunger head is located near an open end 8 of the barrel 3, closing the barrel at that end.
  • the nozzle 7 receives a cap 9 which sealingly closes the nozzle, but can be removed to open the nozzle.
  • a plunger stem 13, shown separated from the plunger head 5 in Fig. 1, can be connected in a suitable manner, as by mating threads (designated 15 and 17, respectively), to the plunger head.
  • the plunger so formed can be used to drive the plunger head 5 down within the barrel 3 to push the contrast media 11 through the nozzle 7 and out of the barrel at the time the contrast media is to be injected.
  • the barrel 3 is formed in a conventional way with a flange 19 to facilitate driving the plunger down into the barrel.
  • the plunger stem 13 would be initially disconnected from the plunger head 5 but packaged together with the assembled barrel 3, contrast media 11, plunger head and cap 9.
  • An example of a syringe of the same general type as described is shown in U.S. Patent No. 6,648,860, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • a container may be a structure such as a syringe, vial, flask, bottle or jar, pharmacy bulk package or a flexible structure like a bag.
  • the container may be made of glass, plastic, metal, a combination of glass, plastic and/or metal or other suitable materials and combinations of materials.
  • the broader term "container" may be taken to mean for purposes of this application structures such as a passage which would contain liquid or other flowable substance only for an instant as it flows through the structure.
  • Flowable substance includes liquids, emulsions, suspensions and liposomes.
  • the present invention has particular application to containers holding contrast media, and the description will be directed to contrast media 11.
  • the present invention is useful with any substance held in a container that can be beneficially affected by a quality maintenance additive which is associated with the container and not directly added to the substance itself in such a way that it is ejected or emptied with the substance from the container in use.
  • a chelating/stabilizing agent (referred to hereafter as a "chelating agent") is incorporated into a resin that forms the plastic barrel 3 of the syringe 1 using one of the many conventional methods known in the art.
  • the syringe barrel 3 is made from a polymer or resin material such as polyethylene, polypropylene, a copolymer of polyolefins, polyvinylchloride, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin materials and like commonly used polymers.
  • the container can also be made of glass or other suitable materials .
  • One common way of producing the syringe barrel 3 begins with a polymer produced by a basic polymerization reaction (e.g., polypropylene) to which is added, for example, an antioxidant, fiber material (for strength) , colorant, nucleators (to improve stiffness and clarity), and possibly a lubricant.
  • a chelating agent may be added to this mixture.
  • the polymer may take the form of a powder, pellets or other suitable form.
  • the mixture is fed into an extruder which melts the components and extrudes the mixture to form pellets which are sent to a second extruder that injects material into a mold to produce the barrel 3.
  • the chelating agent could be added at any suitable location, such as at either extruder, or between extruders . Heat may be applied to the extruder to facilitate melting. Extrusion polymerization (or reactive extrusion) can be used to functionalize the polymer or to modify existing functional groups on the polymer.
  • a resin already containing a chelating moiety or substituents capable of functioning as chelating agents could be added in place of the chelating agent by itself.
  • suitable ion-exchange resins and QuadraPureTM chemical and metal scavengers functionalized macroporous and microporous resins commercially available from Sigma- Aldrich Corporation.
  • QuadraPureTM chemical and metal scavengers functionalized macroporous and microporous resins commercially available from Sigma- Aldrich Corporation
  • the chelating agent added to the resin mixture should be able to withstand the various molding process conditions, e.g. shear forces in the extruder and extrusion temperature.
  • the chelating agent would be added in an amount which is sufficient to ensure that in the resin forming the barrel 3, enough of the chelating agent is exposed on an inner wall 23 of the barrel to the contrast media 11 to bind free metal ions in the contrast media.
  • the chelating agent must not affect the strength of the barrel 3 to the extent that it cannot function for its intended purpose, and preferably should also not affect the clarity of the barrel.
  • the head 5 of the plunger, and/or the cap 9 that closes the nozzle 7 could be made from a material including a chelating agent.
  • chelating agents such as DTPA or EDTA in the anhydride form, or buffering agents, such as tromethamine, could be attached (e.g., chemically bonded) to a suitable functional group, such as amine, primary amide, carboxylic, hydroxyl or phenolic group already present on the inner side of the container. Examples of such methods are well known in the art. The following recent publications are exemplary: Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 30-35 and Anal. Chem.
  • a chelating agent could be added to a mixture for making other containers such as a glass container. It will be appreciated that by associating the chelating agent with the syringe 1 (or other container such as a vial or bottle), the metal ions and chelating agents remain in the syringe after the contrast media 11 has been ejected from the syringe. Thus, neither is injected into the patient.
  • the quality maintenance additive can be applied to a surface of the container, as an example, syringe 1 (that is exposed to the contrast media 11) after the syringe is formed. It is well known to apply a lubricant, such as silicone to the barrel 3 and/or plunger head 5 to facilitate sliding movement of the plunger head 5 along the wall 23 when used to eject the contrast media 11 from the barrel.
  • a lubricant such as silicone
  • the quality maintenance additive e.g.
  • a chelating agent or a buffering agent can be part of the silicone (or other lubricant) , such as by being chemically attached to the silicone molecule or the other lubricant via a functional group (e.g., an amine, primary amide, carboxylic, hydroxyl or a phenolic group) in the silicone or the other lubricant.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a layer 25 of silicone including a chelating agent on the inner wall 23 of the barrel 3.
  • the silicone and chelating agent layer 25 sticks to the plunger head 5 or the barrel 3 so that as the plunger head moves along the wall toward the nozzle end of the barrel, the silicone and chelating agent are not sheared off into the contrast media 11 in any substantial quantity.
  • the composition containing a lubricant and a chelating agent does not chemically bond with the resin material of the barrel 3 when applied thereto.
  • the lubricant with the quality maintenance additive such as a chelating agent or a buffering agent, could be either chemically or by some other fashion bonded to the surface of the container such as the syringe barrel and/or the plunger.
  • the Gelest Catalog 3000-A titled “Silicon Compounds: Silanes & Silicones” published by Gelest, Inc. in 2004 describes examples of this and other related methods. For other methods of coating surfaces, see “Organic Coatings: Science and Technology", second edition 1999, edited by Z. W. Wicks, Jr., F. N. Jones and S. Peter Pappas and published by Wiley-Interscience.
  • the chelating agent could be applied without being formulated as part of a lubricant.
  • the material of the barrel 3 and/or the plunger head 5 includes a lubricant as a component it would not require additional lubricant applied to the plunger head or the barrel.
  • the chelating agent could be attached to a material applied to the barrel 3 and/or head 5 which is not a lubricant. The material would not interfere with the normal operation of the lubricant, but allow the chelating agent to act on the liquid in the barrel 3.
  • the chelating agent can be formulated in any suitable manner for adhering to the inner wall of the container. Also, physical roughening or etching can be employed to increase the surface area of the inner wall 23, so that the inner wall may then be more readily coated with a material such as a lubricant that is bonded with desired quality maintenance additive (s), such as a chelating agent.
  • a material such as a lubricant that is bonded with desired quality maintenance additive (s), such as a chelating agent.
  • silicone can be applied by spraying, and could be so applied when formulated with a chelating agent.
  • One type of silicone elastomer believed to be suitable is used to manufacture SILICON® autoclavable silicone tubing, available from NewAge Industries of Southampton, Pennsylvania.
  • the barrels (prior to insertion of the plunger head 5) may be inverted so that the large open end 8 faces down and the nozzle 7 is located at the top.
  • a spray head (not shown) may be inserted into the large open end 8 of the barrel 3 for spraying onto the inner wall 23 of the barrel.
  • a high pressure spray release using a suitable gas such as air or nitrogen as a carrier may be employed.
  • spattering could be used to apply the silicone and chelating agent composition.
  • Spattering can be carried out by vibrating a membrane (not shown) so that it will throw off the material to be deposited. It is also possible to heat the material so that it spatters onto the barrel 3. More generally, heat, such as applied by a high voltage arc, may be applied to break down the material for redepositing on the barrel 3. Still further, the silicone and chelating agent may be applied by dipping the barrel 3 into a liquid form of the material so that a layer is deposited in the barrel. Similarly, the barrel 3 could be tumbled in an emulsion of the chelating agent (or silicone and chelating agent) suspended in water or alcohol (or other suitable emulsifier) to deposit a layer of the chelating agent within the barrel. Other ways of applying the silicone and chelating agent to the barrel 3 that are known to those of ordinary skill in the art also may be employed.
  • the chelating agent as a weak Ca or other metal ion complex
  • the chelating agent can be coated on a container surface in the form of a polymer ink. See P'roc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 13 (2005) page 2142 for a description of the use of a polymer ink.
  • the following publications describe examples of a methodology for the formation of stable, derivatized film coating on a silica surface: Anal. Chem. 2001, 73, 2429-2436 and Anal. Chem. 2003, 75, 3518-3530.
  • the chelating agent could also be applied in a conformal coating (vapor deposition) process.
  • a suitable material in dimer form e.g., parylene, polypropylene
  • a chelating agent element is heated to a vapor phase in a vacuum chamber.
  • the barrel 3 of the syringe 1 is also placed in the vacuum chamber.
  • the vapor flows over and is deposited on the entire exposed surface area of the barrel 3 in a highly uniform layer.
  • the deposited material on the barrel 3 attaches to the material of the barrel, forming a strong connection between the deposited material and the barrel.
  • chelating agent or other quality maintenance additive
  • other techniques for associating the chelating agent (or other quality maintenance additive) with the barrel 3 could be used, such as nanocoating technology or a biologically active coating technique e.g., using an appropriately derivatized agent of hyaluronan. See, for example, "The chemistry, biology and medical applications of Hyaluronan and its derivatives", ed. T. C. Laurent, Wenner-Gren International Series Vol. 72, Portland Press, London.
  • the layer of material including the chelating agent can also be applied to the plunger head 5.
  • the face of the plunger head does not engage the plunger head 5 of the barrel 3, so that the chelating agent would not need to be part of a lubricant and would not be subject to shear forces.
  • the chelating agent can be applied in the same ways as described above for application of a layer of material to the inner wall 23 of the barrel 3.
  • the formulation of the material of the plunger head 5 could include a chelating agent, as described above for the barrel 3.
  • a third embodiment provides a chelating agent that is formed as a separate component and positioned so as to contact the contrast media.
  • these components would be placed in a syringe 1' in areas which are not subject to wear by action of a plunger head 5 1 moving in a barrel 3'.
  • Corresponding parts of the third embodiment will be labeled with the same reference numerals as for the first and second embodiments, with tb_e addition of a trailing prime.
  • the component could be a ring 31 of material including the chelating agent.
  • a plug 33 of material including a chelating agent may be mounted in a cap 9' so that it is exposed to the contrast media (not shown) at the outlet end of a nozzle 7' .
  • the component material could be porous or nonporous .
  • the advantage of having a porous material would be in the increase of surface area to which the contrast media can be exposed.
  • the ring 31 and plug 33 couILd be made of a sintered polypropylene or EPTFE impregnated with a chelating agent, for example, the ion-- exchange resin or QuadraPureTM resin.
  • the barrel 3' and ring 31 are formed so that the ring fits in the lower end of the barrel above the nozzle between an inner annular rib 35 and an outer concentric annular rib 37 that are formed in the bottom of the barrel to increase the strength of the barrel . In this location, the ring 31 does not interfere with movement of the plunger head (not shown) and is not subject to wear by engagement with the plunger head.
  • a plunger head 5' in a modified form of the embodiment of Fig. 4 is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.
  • a ring 41 including a chelating agent is formed so that it can be mounted within the plunger head 5'..
  • the ring 41 faces and is open to the contrast media.
  • the ring 41 forms part of the surface of the plunger head that pushes the contrast media out of the syringe barrel.
  • the plunger head 5' may be used in conjunction with, the ring 31 and/or plug 33 of Fig. 4, or may be used by itself. It will be appreciated that other locations of a chelating component (not shown) within a syringe may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • trie chelating agent could be incorporated into filter 45 which is secured to the lower end of a barrel 3' ' of a syringe I 1 ', where the contrast media passes into a nozzle 7' ' .
  • a filter (not shown) having an incorporated chelating agent could be located away from the barrel 3' ' .
  • the filter could be positioned at the outlet of the nozzle 7 11 or downstream from the outlet before the contrast media is injected into the patient. In such cases, the filter would be sterilized.
  • the filter (not shown) is away from the syringe, it is still "associated" with the syringe in the sense that it does not move with the contrast media into the patient, but remains with the syringe outside the patient's body.
  • the contrast media from the barrel 3 ' * can still flow through the filter to remove metals as described for the filter 45.
  • Parts corresponding to those of the syringe 1 are given the same reference numeral, followed by a double prime.
  • the filter 45 has small pores which would permit passage of the contrast media through the filter.
  • the chelating agent could be formed as a film which is laminated to the syringe barrel and/or plunger head.
  • a laminated film layer would add strength to the baxrel, reducing the possibility of syringe cracking during use. If the chelating agent is laminated to the inner wall of the barrel, it would need to be smooth enough to allow the plunger head to slide along the material, and robust enough to avoid being sheared off by the movement of the plunger head.
  • the laminated film layer appears similar to the layer 25 illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • Figure 8 illustrates a container in the form of a bottle (indicated generally at 53) containing a contrast media 11' and including a lid 55.
  • the bottle 53 may be made of a suitable material, such as glass or plastic, by- conventional processes known in the art.
  • the chelating agent component is not attached to or mounted on any part of the bottle 53.
  • the component takes the form of a disk 57 which may float or rest on the bottom of the bottle in the contrast media 11' .
  • the disk 57 could be fixed to the bottle (e.g., at the bottom of the bottle) .
  • the chelating agent component may not have a disk shape.
  • the chelating agent component could take the form of microspheres or beads (spherically or otherwise shaped) .
  • the microspheres could be coated with materials containing a quality maintenance additive or the quality maintenance additive attached either chemically or by any other conventional method known in the art.
  • the beads or other forms of chelating agent component
  • the beads may float or rest on the bottom of the container.
  • the disk 57 may be formed in a decorative manner, or may be marked with information 59 identifying the maker or type of product.
  • the bottle 53 is formed with a neck 61 optionally having an internal diameter that is smaller than the disk 57 so that the disk is trapped in the bottle when the contrast media 11' is poured out.
  • the configuration of the bottle 53 and/or disk 57 may be other than described without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • a container (not shown) may gradually taper in internal diameter from the bottom to the top.
  • the chelating agent could be formed as beads that are contained in a porous container (e.g. p a mesh bag) that allows the beads to be In liquid contact with the contrast media.
  • Figure 9 illustrates a version of the present invention in the form of a vial generally indicated at 63.
  • the version is similar to Fig. 8 in that the chelating agent component is a disk 65 that floats or rests on the bottom of the bottle in the contrast media 11' '.
  • the vial 63 may be made of a suitable material, such as glass or plastic. It will be understood tb_at the chelating agent may be incorporated into the materrial of the vial 63.
  • the vial includes a puncturable seal 67 covered by a cap piece 69.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un récipient contenant un additif de maintien de qualité qui maintient la qualité d'un liquide ou d'une autre substance coulante renfermée dans ledit récipient. L'additif de maintien de qualité est associé au récipient de sorte qu'il reste dans ledit récipient lorsqu'on vide le liquide ou une autre substance coulante.
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