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MX2016015241A - Metodo para almacenar una vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante en un dispositivo de inyeccion medical lubricado. - Google Patents

Metodo para almacenar una vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante en un dispositivo de inyeccion medical lubricado.

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MX2016015241A
MX2016015241A MX2016015241A MX2016015241A MX2016015241A MX 2016015241 A MX2016015241 A MX 2016015241A MX 2016015241 A MX2016015241 A MX 2016015241A MX 2016015241 A MX2016015241 A MX 2016015241A MX 2016015241 A MX2016015241 A MX 2016015241A
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injection device
medical injection
emulsion
vaccine
adjuvanted vaccine
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Jouffray Sébastien
Bernard Hamel Jean-
Bonhoure Fabien
Bralet Nicolas
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Becton Dickinson France
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Abstract

La invención se refiere a un método para almacenar una vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante en un dispositivo de inyección médico que comprende un revestimiento lubricante, dicho método comprende: (A) proporcionar un dispositivo de inyección médica (1) que comprende un cilindro (2) que tiene una superficie interior (21); (B) formar una capa de aceite de silicona sobre al menos una parte de la superficie interior (21) del cilindro que está destinada a estar en contacto con la vacuna, (C) llevar a cabo un tratamiento por plasma oxidante de dicha capa para reticular al menos parte de la capa de aceite de silicona y formar un revestimiento lubricante (5), (D) llenar el barril con la vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante (6). La invención se refiere también a un dispositivo de inyección médico obtenido directamente de este método para la utilización de aceite de silicona tratado con plasma como un recubrimiento lubricante (5) en un dispositivo de inyección médico (1) que comprende un cilindro (2) para evitar la migración de silicona de dicho revestimiento lubricante (5) a una vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante (6) durante el almacenamiento de dicha vacuna en dicho dispositivo de inyección médica.
MX2016015241A 2014-05-26 2015-05-26 Metodo para almacenar una vacuna emulsionada con adyuvante en un dispositivo de inyeccion medical lubricado. MX2016015241A (es)

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