Transport device for medicinal containers

US6719141B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schott Glas · DE

Inventors

• Jochen Heinz · Flintbek, DE
• Michael Spallek · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Arthur Fabian · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L9/06
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The device for transporting, filling and sterilizing medicinal containers (3) includes a rigid foamed plastic carrier plate (1) provided with a plurality of first openings (2) for receiving the respective containers (3). The first openings have respective open cross-sections adapted to corresponding cross-sections of the containers and the rigid carrier plate (1) has a predetermined thickness, so that the containers (3) are clamped and held fixed in position relative to the carrier plate and centered in the first openings (2) without rattling so that no scratch marks and/or no static charges are produced on the medicinal containers (3) during transport. The rigid foamed plastic carrier plate (1) is provided with a pore-free sealed surface that facilitates sterilization. Second openings (20), which are smaller than the first opening (2) and cannot receive the containers, are also provided in the carrier plate to facilitate sterilization in an autoclave.