US Patent 11014701 Glass container with an improved bottom geometry

A glass container for packaging a pharmaceutical composition including a glass tube with a first end and a second end, the glass tube having a wall thickness dw, a glass bottom having an outer area, and the glass bottom closes the glass tube at the first end. The glass container further including a curved glass heel extending from the outer area of the glass bottom to the first end of the glass tube. The curved glass heel is defined by an outer radius ro, an inner radius ri and a thickness of the glass dh in the curved glass heel, further wherein dh3/(ro×dw)>0.8 mm.