In the field of medicine containers, it is known to use a glass bottle to store an active ingredient in freeze-dried, powdered or liquid solution form. Such a bottle must be closed sealably so as to keep its contents under satisfactory storage conditions, until its use-by date. To hermetically seal such a bottle, it is known to use a stopping device that comprises a cylindrical stopper made from elastomer provided to close the neck of the bottle. The purpose of the stopper is to ensure the most complete sealing possible against gases, liquids and bacteria. It is known to combine such a stopper with a metal capsule with a membrane. The container is opened by tearing the metal capsule by pulling on the membrane. This may be problematic inasmuch as the metal capsule, which is most often made from aluminum, may break, which requires that it be removed by hand, resulting in a risk of cutting and, most often, the use of the small disassembly tool.
It is known from WO-A 94/04424 to use a plastic capsule that is intended to be immobilized around the stopper to isolate it from the outside. The multi-part structure of this known device makes it expensive. Furthermore, the capsule limits access to the stopper, which cannot be removed, unless the capsule is destroyed, which is not the normal operation of the device.
It is also known from FR-A-2 281 286 to provide a capsule made from plastic with breakable bridges connecting the lower and upper parts of the capsule. The inner diameter of the capsule is equal to that of a rubber stopper intended to be inserted into a neck of the container, which risks causing jamming of the stopper. Furthermore, the lower part of the capsule must be radially expanded to be immobilized on the neck, which is relatively imprecise and unreliable.