Device and method for transferring a packaging unit into a barrier system for pharmaceuticals

US11897651B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Syntegon Technology GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Albrecht Kühnle · Crailsheim, DE
• Benjamin Hoffmann · Minnetonka, US
• Ulrich Krauß · Ilshofen, DE
• Markus Ilgenfritz · Feuchtwangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B69/0058
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for transferring a packaging unit (22) into a barrier system (12) for pharmaceuticals, wherein the packaging unit comprises a sterilized container (24) and at least one sterile product (26) arranged in the latter, and wherein the packaging unit, in an initial state, is surrounded by an outer packaging (30) sterilized at least on the inside, wherein the barrier system has an access opening (20) through which the packaging unit can be transferred from a surrounding region (16) of the barrier system into an interior (14) of the barrier system, wherein a film tube (50), closed at one end, is arranged in the surrounding region of the barrier system, the interior (52) of the film tube (50) communicating with the access opening, wherein a connecting device is provided for producing a connection region between a cover portion of the outer packaging and an overlap portion of an outer face of the film tube overlapping the cover portion, and wherein a separating device is provided for local separation of the connection region.