Filled unit dose container

Claim 1

A filled thermoplastic solution container containing a single dose of a sterile medication for administration to a human or animal patient by injection using a hypodermic syringe comprising a syringe having a conical tip to which a hypodermic needle is attached, said container having a neck portion with an inner surface which has converging and diverging sections which intersect and define an orifice at their intersection, the diverging section extending outwardly from said orifice to a sealing zone which is larger in diameter than said orifice, and a non-reusable tear seal which extends over and is sealed to said sealing zone at a tear line, which tear seal thereby protects the inner surfaces of said converging and diverging sections and the contents of said container from contamination, the inner surface of said diverging section being shaped in the vicinity of said orifice for removably and tightly receiving the conical tip of said syringe to thereby form a substantially leak-proof seal between said diverging section and syringe tip when said syringe tip is inserted for filling said syringe, whereby said tear seal can be removed by tearing it away, while the portion of the divergent section in the region of the orifice intended to receive said conical tip maintains its shape whereby the conical tip of said syringe can be inserted thereto in a leak-proof connection between said container and said syringe through which connection the single dose of medication can be transferred directly from the container to the syringe and the container can be thereafter discarded.