Connecting and container system
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
InventorsMarcus Rainer Rahmel, Guido Endert, Jonas Ruf, Horst Wergen
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Abstract
A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to produce the fluidic connection, the connecting arrangements each having an opening region which is fluidically sealed in an initial state and is, in particular, film-shaped, brittle, fragile and/or unstable, and wherein the opening regions are each covered in sterile or sterilizable manner.
Claims12
A container having a connecting arrangement for providing a fluidic connection between the container and another container, wherein, in an initial state, the connecting arrangement is fluidically sealed in an opening region and can be opened in order to produce the fluidic connection, the opening region being covered by another connecting arrangement, wherein
- the container comprises a sealing arrangement which uninterruptedly seals off a volume, the volume covering or bordering to the opening region, by means of the other connecting arrangement during movement of the other connecting arrangement relative to the connecting arrangement,
- wherein the connecting arrangement and the other connecting arrangement are configured for mutual opening by breaking frangible points of the opening regions, whereby a continuous fluidic connection is producible by irreversible destruction of the connecting arrangements in the opening region, and
- wherein the connecting arrangement and the other connecting arrangement comprise mouth-shaped portions which are formed such that the mouth-shaped portion of one of the connecting arrangement and the other connecting arrangement is able to extend into the mouth-shaped portion of the other of the connecting arrangement and the other connecting arrangement.
A container having fluid receiving inner body space and a connecting arrangement for providing a fluidic connection between the fluid receiving inner body space of the container and another container, wherein, in an initial state, the connecting arrangement is fluidically sealed in an opening region and is openable to produce the fluidic connection in said opening region, an outer side of the opening region being covered by a cap-shaped cover device or another connecting arrangement, wherein the cover device or the other connecting arrangement is sealingly held on the container, thereby forming a sealed chamber, and wherein the container further comprises a sealing arrangement surrounding the opening region, which seals off a first volume in direct contact with the outer side of the opening region from a second volume of the chamber that is separate from the first volume and spaced from the opening region.
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