Probitas Pharma S.a.

Sergi Roura Adell

Victor Grifols Lucas

Jose Ramon Sanchez Sabate

Juan Antonio Dux-Santoy Roldan

The method comprises a first stage of formation of a batch of a specific number of full containers to be emptied, which are then subjected to an operation of external washing by spraying with hot, de-ionized water and a subsequent rinsing operation, likewise by spraying with de-ionized water, passing then to a step of drying of the containers and afterwards to a step of cutting off one end of the containers, which then pass to a gripping step, in the same number of containers that were arranged in the batch at the start of the method, these being inverted to permit the fall and collection of the masses of plasma.

Method and apparatus for emptying blood plasma containers

The gripping device comprises in a single retaining frame a plurality of gripper units for gripping the bottles to be emptied, each of which units comprises, mating with the lateral profile of a bottle, a fixed member and a movable member, capable of fitting round a part of the outer surface of the bottle to be emptied, each of the gripper units having associated with it a device for piercing the bottle, equipped with a piercing member for the introduction of an expulsion gas and drainage of the contents of the bottle, and also an optical sensor for checking the presence of the bottle and checking whether there are contents therein.

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Sergi Roura Adell