Schott Ag

Joern Wassenberg

Gregor Fritz Deutschle

Kai Wissner

Edgar Pawlowski

Andreas Reisse

Alexander Wansel

Disclosed is a transport and packaging container for accommodating a plurality of cylindrical containers for substances, comprising at least two segments of which each can be handled separately and which can be assembled or stuck together to jointly form the transport and packaging container, wherein a first segment of the at least two segments has a bottom for supporting the plurality of containers, and positioning devices are provided for positioning the plurality of containers in the interior of the transport and packaging container in a regular arrangement in such a manner that a collision of the directly adjacent containers is prevented, and wherein at least one of the segments comprises sealing means.

Transport and packaging container for accommodating a plurality of containers for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications as well as methods and uses thereof

Disclosed is a process for the treatment or processing of containers that serve for storing, or contain, substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications, wherein the containers are conveyed automatically, by a conveyor, past at least one processing station or pass it for the treatment or processing. In the process, a plurality of containers is conveyed by the conveyor while being held by a carrier in a regular arrangement. The containers held on the carrier are raised to a raised position for the treatment or processing at or in the respective processing station and are lowered after the treatment or processing, to be held again on the carrier in the regular arrangement. The carrier is configured such that the containers can be held on the carrier during the entire process. A negative pressure acts on the bottoms of the containers in order to lower them.

Process and apparatus for the treatment or processing of containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications

Process and apparatus for the treatment or processing of containers for substances for medical pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications

A supporting structure for concurrently supporting a plurality of containers having a predetermined length for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications comprises a carrier having a plurality of supporting means for supporting the containers on the carrier, optionally, at least in a first orientation (e.g. upright) or in a second orientation (upside-down or also upright). According to the invention the carrier is matched to the lengths of the containers such that the upper ends of the containers are arranged in the first position at the same distance to the carrier as the lower ends of the containers in the second position and that the upper ends and/or lower ends of the containers are accessible for a further processing of the containers while they are supported on the carrier. Thus, there is no need to adjust the heights of processing stations in which the containers are treated or processed further, regardless of whether the containers are supported on the carrier in the first position or in the second position, because the upper ends and lower ends of the containers are disposed on the same height level in both positions (orientations) of the containers. According to the invention this facilitates the treatment and processing of containers considerably because the effort in terms of adjustment, control and automation can be considerably simplified.

Supporting structure for concurrently supporting a plurality of containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications

A method for sterile packaging of a plurality of containers is provided that includes: providing a carrier in which a plurality of receptacles are formed, the receptacles being formed by a closed bottom and a circumferential side wall, the upper ends of the receptacles, which are opposite to the respective bottom, are open and circumferential connecting webs are provided at the upper ends; placing the containers in the receptacles; providing a gas-impermeable protective foil; bonding the protective foil along the connecting webs with the upper surface of the carrier to package all the receptacles with the containers accommodated individually therein; and sterilizing the receptacles with the containers accommodated therein and/or the inner volumes of the containers by a gas flowing into the receptacles and/or into the inner volumes of the containers through at least one gas-permeable portion.

Packaging structure and method for sterile packaging containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications and methods for further processing of containers using this packaging structure

Disclosed is a transport and packaging container for accommodating a plurality of cylindrical containers () for substances, comprising at least two segments () of which each can be handled separately and which can be assembled or stuck together to jointly form the transport and packaging container (), wherein a first segment () of the at least two segments has a bottom () for supporting the plurality of containers (), and positioning devices () are provided for positioning the plurality of containers () in the interior of the transport and packaging container () in a regular arrangement in such a manner that a collision of the directly adjacent containers () is prevented, and wherein at least one of the segments () comprises sealing means ().

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Mainz, Germany

Joern Wassenberg