Biostable self-contained package of a plurality of veterinarian syringes

Claim 1

A biostable, self-contained package of a plurality of veterinary syringes of the type having a cylindrical barrel, piston therein and discharge nozzle comprising: (a) a self-supporting and free-standing syringe holder including, (1) an enclosure means having upper, lower, side and end walls for receiving and completely enclosing a portion of the syringe such that at least the nozzle thereof is disposed within the enclosure means, (2) a plurality of circular sealing apertures in the upper wall of the enclosure means for receiving the syringes into the enclosure means, (3) a plurality of angularly shaped bendable sealing flaps disposed around the periphery of each sealing aperture and extending radially into the sealing aperture so that when the sealing flaps lie in the plane of the upper wall the sealing aperture is essentially closed but when the sealing aperture has a syringe received therein, the sealing flaps are bent into the enclosure means and form a close non-dust seal around the syringe wherein the sealing flaps are sufficiently bendable and resilient that a syringe may be repeatedly received by and removed from the sealing aperture and the non-dust seal is repeatedly restablished; (b) a plurality of syringes received by the sealing apertures and partially disposed in and enclosed by the enclosure means, with the syringes being oriented upwardly in the vertical direction; (c) an upstanding panel, including support means for said syringes projecting from the enclosure means and extending vertically beyond the upwardmost portion of the syringes; and (d) a rupturable impervious plastic film extending from the end walls and at least one side wall of the enclosure means to a portion of the upstanding panel which is vertically beyond the syringes; whereby the enclosure means and the syringes are biostably sealed from ambient contamination by the rupturable film and wherein when the rupturable film is removed the portion of the syringes disposed in the enclosure means is non-dust sealed from solid contamination.