Albumin in a flexible polymeric container

US6718735B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Baxter International Inc. · US
• Baxter Healthcare SA · CH

Inventors

• James D. Lewis · Flagstaff, US
• William Baccia · McHenry, US
• Josef Schmidt · Libertyville, US
• Johan Vandersande · Santa Clarita, US
• John Card · Big Rapids, US
• Theodor Langer · Wien, AT
• Georg Habison · Wien, AT
• Helmut Eder · Triesen, LI

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B61/186
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible polymeric container for holding albumin. The container is made of a sheet of flexible polymeric film formed into a bag having a cavity enclosed by a first wall, an opposing second wall, and seals about a periphery of the first and second walls. The seals join an interior portion of the opposing first and second walls and create a fluid-tight chamber within the cavity of the container for storing a concentration of the albumin. A method of packaging the albumin protein into a flexible polymeric container is also provided. Therein a flexible polymeric material is converted into bags, the bags are filled with a quantity of albumin by a filler, and a seal area of the bags is sealed to enclose the albumin within the bag.