PACKAGING FOR PRE-FILLED DRUG CARTRIDGES WITH PEG FOR PUSHING CARTRIDGE STOPPER FOR PRIMING PURPOSES

• US 20170354784A1
• Filed: 01/11/2016
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Schiendzielorz, Eva, Nissen, Katrin
• Application Number:
  US15/542,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20170354784A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1402 Priming
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/06 Packaging for specific medical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14566 with a replaceable reservoir for receiving a piston rod of the pump
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3146 Priming, e.g. purging, reducing backlash or clearance
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/36 with means for eliminating or preventing injection or infusion of air into body dialysis systems, blood oxygenators A61M1/14; haemofiltration equipment A61M1/34; automatic tube cut-off A61M39/281
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/003 Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/006 Related operations, e.g. scoring ampoules
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 7/2821 applying plugs or threadless stoppers for bottles or jars B67B1/04
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 71/36 having a tubular shape, e.g. tubular wrappers, with end walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0005 Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container B65D83/0072 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/42 for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes

Abstract

Disclosed is a packaging for a number of pre-filled drug cartridges comprising a body to which an infusion set with tubing and needle can be fitted, the body having an open rear end, wherein a stopper is slidably disposed within the body, wherein a peg is arranged on the packaging, the peg having a height which is such that when a cartridge is being put on the peg with the rear end and pushed against it until the rear end abuts a surface of the packaging, the stopper is moved within the body by such a distance that a predetermined volume of a medicament is displaced from the cartridge for priming the cartridge and infusion set.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. An arrangement for priming a drug cartridge comprising a body to which a tubing can be fitted, the body having an open rear end, wherein a stopper is slidably disposed within the body, the arrangement comprising a packaging for a number of drug cartridges, wherein a peg is arranged on the packaging, the peg having a height which is such that when a cartridge is being put on the peg with the rear end and pushed against it until the rear end abuts a surface of the packaging, the stopper is moved within the body by such a distance that a predetermined volume of a medicament is displaced from the cartridge.

17. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the peg has a diameter at most as large as an internal diameter of the body.

18. The arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the diameter of the peg is smaller than the internal diameter.

19. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the predetermined volume of medicament is at least as large as an internal volume of the tubing.

20. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein a movement of the stopper required to displace the predetermined volume is given by the equation

21. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein a movement of the stopper required to displace the predetermined volume is given by the equation

22. The arrangement according to claim 20, wherein an offset distance, by which the stopper is offset from the rear end of the body, combined with a movement distance of the stopper is equal to the height.

23. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the peg has a circular cylindrical shape.

24. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the peg has one or more vent openings or notches.

25. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the peg has a non-circular cylindrical or prismatic shape.

26. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the packaging comprises one or more of cardboard, plastics, sheet metal and wood.

27. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the peg is positioned on the packaging to point upwards in a use position.

28. The arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the packaging has the shape of a box with a bottom, a cover and side walls.

29. The arrangement according to claim 28, wherein the peg is arranged on the cover or on the bottom of the packaging.

30. The arrangement according to claim 29, wherein the peg is arranged on an inner surface of the cover of the packaging.

31. The arrangement of claim 16, wherein the drug cartridge contains medicament.

32. A method for priming a drug cartridge using an arrangement, wherein the drug cartridge comprises a body to which a tubing can be fitted, the body having an open rear end, wherein a stopper is slidably disposed within the body and the arrangement comprises a packaging for a number of drug cartridges, wherein a peg is arranged on the packaging, the peg having a height which is such that when a cartridge is being put on the peg with the rear end and pushed against it until the rear end abuts a surface of the packaging, the stopper is moved within the body by such a distance that a predetermined volume of a medicament is displaced from the cartridge, the method comprising:

orienting the drug cartridge such that the stopper is in contact with the peg on the packaging and;

applying a force on the drug cartridge towards the peg, such that the stopper is moved further into the body of the drug cartridge.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising connecting a tube to the body of the drug cartridge prior to applying the force on the drug cartridge.