#$%^&*AU2018201263A120181011.pdf#####Abstract A bottle holder for a syringe is provided, 5 wherein the bottle holder (2) comprises a stop surface (26), a piercing hollow spike (27) protruding beyond the stop surface (26) and extending in a first direction, a guideway (28) and a first and a second clamping element (29, 30, 31), which are arranged one on another along 10 the first direction and are mounted in the guideway (28) so as to be moveable along a second direction transverse to the first direction, wherein each clamping element (29-31) comprises a through-hole (33) and is moveable back and forth between an insertion position and a clamping position, wherein, when the clamping elements (29-31) are in the insertion position, a neck (19) of the 15 bottle (3) can be moved through the through-holes (33) until the front end of the bottle (3) abuts against the stop surface (26) with the result that the piercing hollow spike (27) pierces a film (21) at the front end of the bottle (3), and wherein at least one of the clamping elements (29-31), when it is in its clamping position, presses against the neck (19) of the bottle (3), which abuts with its front end against the stop 20 surface (26), in order thereby to clamp the bottle (3) in the holder (2). Figure for the abstract: Fig. 4 154/6 Fig. 5 44 50 47 33 35 346 34 40 29 32 424 48 36 41 39 37 45 4 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 36 41 42 -- 51 * 40 45 48 46 4649 50 32 37 38 43 44 29 29 47 32 L4,-34 33 51 34 35