摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides for an assembly for filling and capping a barrel of a pre-filled syringe. The assembly includes a syringe body having a neck end, a rimmed end, and a side wall extending between the neck end and rimmed end. The body has an outer surface and an inner surface. The assembly includes a piston having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The inner surface of the body and the side surface of the piston is in contact to form a liquid impermeable seal. The assembly further includes a stabilization member that at least partially surrounds and contacts the outer surface of the body. The stabilization member is positioned proximate the rimmed end of the body to provide additional mass thereto in an amount sufficient to permit the assembly to be conveyed freestanding in a longitudinally upright position on the stabilization member through an apparatus for filling and capping pharmaceutical vials. Methods for producing a pre-filled syringe barrel are also provided.</p> |