Apparatus and method for sterilization and secondary packaging
US5488815A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2585/545
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for the sterilization and secondary packaging into cartons of arrays of blister packages, each of which contains at least one hydrophilic contact lens immersed in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically, disclosed is an apparatus adapted to provide for the assembly of paired arrays of blister packages which are suitably interleaved and transported in batches of predetermined quantities within one or more trays. These trays are transported to a sterilization chamber for sterilizing the arrays of blister packages, and from which the sterilized arrays of blister packages in which at least the contents thereof are maintained in a sterile condition, and which are then transported to a locale for implementing the secondary packaging thereof into sealable cartons. Also disclosed is a method of sterilizing and thereafter implementing the secondary packaging into cartons of predetermined quantities of arrays of blister packages, each of which contains a hydrophilic contact lens immersed in a sterile aqueous solution, so as to provide a clean environment for the arrays of blister packages.
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