Schott Ag

Kai Wissner

Gregor Fritz Deutschle

Edgar Pawlowski

Joern Wassenberg

Kristopher Koch

Alexander Wansel

Andreas Reisse

Bastian Fischer

Jörn Wassenberg

Ralph Lovis

Carmen Heiter

Joel Coulon

Fritz Gregor Deutschle

Ralph Dr-Ing Lovis

Claudia Dietrich-Ostry

Kristophe Koch

A holding structure for concurrently holding a plurality of containers for substances for cosmetic, medical or pharmaceutical applications, in particular of vials, is provided. The holder includes a carrier having a plurality of apertures or receptacles into which the containers can be inserted, and holding tabs for holding the containers in the apertures or receptacles. The holding tabs are at least two holding tabs, which are provided at the edge of a respective aperture or receptacle and protrude from an upper side of the carrier for holding the respective container. The holding tabs are resiliently pivoted or folded back as the containers are inserted into the apertures or receptacles. The holding tabs are matched to the containers such that the containers are held by the holding tabs with a radial clearance and low tension.

Holding structure for concurrently holding a plurality of containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications as well as transport or packaging container comprising the same

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 process and apparatus are provided for treating or processing containers that are used for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications or contain the same. During the process, cylindrical containers open at least at one end are automatically led past or pass through processing stations for treatment or processing by means of a conveying device, while the containers are jointly held by a carrier in a regular two-dimensional arrangement. The carrier includes a plurality of openings or receptacles that determine the regular arrangement. The treatment or processing of the containers is performed on or in at least one of the processing stations while the containers are supported by the carrier.

Process and apparatus for treating containers for storing 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

A process for the treatment or processing of containers is provided. The process includes automatically conveying the containers past a processing station for the treatment or processing by or through a conveying device and then inserting the containers into a transport or packaging container having a bottom, a circumferential side wall and an insertion opening opposite to the bottom. In some embodiments, a plurality of containers are placed on a flat supporting base so that the bottoms of the containers directly rest on the flat supporting base; the containers, while resting on the flat supporting base, are conveyed to a processing station by the conveying device to be treated or processed; and after the treatment or processing of the containers, the transport or packaging container is placed on the flat supporting base so that all the containers of the plurality of containers are accommodated in the transport or packaging container.

Process for handling or processing containers for medical or pharmaceutical applications and carrier and transport or packaging container thereof

In a process and apparatus for treating or processing containers () that are used for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications or contain the same, cylindrical containers open at least at one end are automatically led past or pass through processing stations for treatment or processing by means of a conveying device, while said containers are jointly held by a carrier () in a regular two-dimensional arrangement. The carrier comprises a plurality of openings or receptacles (), which determine the regular arrangement. According to the invention, the treatment or processing of the containers is performed on or in at least one of the processing stations while the containers are supported by the carrier. This opens up new possibilities for treating or processing the containers, for example when crimping metal lids or during freeze-drying.

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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Kai Wissner