Components packaging structure for pharmaceutical containers

• US 9,718,583 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fedegari Autoclavi S.p.A. (Silex Srl), Stevanato Group International A.S. (Stevanato Holding Srl)
• Original Assignee: Fedegari Autoclavi S.p.A. (Silex Srl), Stevanato Group International A.S. (Stevanato Holding Srl)
• Inventors: Fedegari, Giuseppe, Nicoletti, Fabiano
• Primary Examiner(s): Krycinski, Stanton L
• Application Number:
  US14/423,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20150238263A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,434 Days
• Field of Search: 211 8513, 211 8518, 206366
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3007 Stackable casings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1425 Snap-fit type
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/16 Holders for containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0069 Trays for holding or distributing medicines display trays A47F3/14; serving trays A47G23/06
• 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: B65B 7/2807 Feeding closures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/108 Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 39/0023 Plastic cap-shaped hollow plugs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 65/02 Wrappers or flexible covers

Abstract

A components (17) packaging structure for pharmaceutical containers, comprising at least one tray (10), which has at least one open side for introducing and extracting at least one supporting shelf (11) which is parallel to a bottom plane (14) of the tray (10) and which rests in correspondence of the inner walls (15) of the tray (10); said supporting shelf (11) has a spatially predetermined distribution of first seats or cavities (13) within which closing components and/or generic accessories of said containers, such as rubber caps (17), nuts (20) with crimping snap or other types of sealing nuts and/or caps, are placed, so that the vertical axis of each closure component is perpendicular to said bottom plane (14) of the tray (10), said structure thus constituting a guarantee of sterility and cleanliness of said closing components and/or generic accessories which are inserted in said seats or cavities (13).

Claims

1. Components packaging structure for pharmaceutical containers for pharmaceutical components, comprising at least one tray (10), which has at least one open side for introducing and extracting at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) which is parallel to a bottom plane (14) of the at least one tray (10), said packaging structure having inner walls (15), wherein said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) is positioned lower than a second supporting shelf (12) and rests in correspondence of the inner walls (15) of said at least one tray (10) and has a spatially predetermined distribution of first seats or cavities (13) within which each of said first seats or cavities has closing components of said containers selected from rubber caps or plugs (17), and ferrules or nuts (20) with a crimping snap, so that a vertical axis of each closing component is perpendicular to said bottom plane (14) of the at least one tray (10), said structure thus constituting a sterile and clean environment, said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) of said closing components selected from rubber caps or plugs (17), and ferrules or nuts (20) with a crimping snap is coupled with said second supporting shelf (12), which is parallel to said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) of said closing components, and said second supporting shelf (12) has a prefixed spatially distribution of second seats or cavities (16) provided in correspondence of said first seats or cavities (13) of said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) of said closing components, characterized in that additional closing components selected from said rubber caps or plugs (17) are inserted and held in position within said second seats or cavities (16) of said second supporting shelf (12) while aluminum or plastics seals or said ferrules or nuts (20) or snap-locking devices are placed within said first seats or cavities (13) of said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11).

2. Components packaging structure according to claim 1, characterized in that said rubber caps or plugs (17) are placed in said second seats or cavities (16) and at an upper surface (18) of said second seats or cavities (16).

3. Components packaging structure according to claim 1, characterized in that said open side of the at least one tray (10) is sealed by means of at least one filtering porous membrane.

4. Components packaging structure according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one tray (10) is enclosed within at least one protective enclosure, which is formed, at least partially, from a sheet made of a selectively permeable material.

5. Components packaging structure according to claim 4, characterized in that said protective enclosure contains said at least one tray (10) and/or stacked said trays (10) and/or one or more of said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) and second supporting shelf (12) of said containers and/or of said closing components.

6. Components packaging structure according to claim 1, characterized in that between said second seats or cavities (16) of said second supporting shelf (12) respective shaped areas (19) are centered in the vertical direction between said at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) and said second supporting shelf (12) and between said first and second seats or cavities (13, 16) of the respective at least one first supporting flat shelf (11) and second supporting shelf (12).