# US 11,298,455 B2 · Holding device configured to support a plurality of medical containers such as syringes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,298,455 B2 - Document ID: US11298455B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/051,882 - Filed: 2019-04-24 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-02 - Assignees: Becton Dickinson France - Applicants: Becton Dickinson France - Inventors: Maxime Nicolas; Julien Singer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298455B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/008: {Racks for supporting syringes or needles} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract This holding device comprising a supporting plate, the supporting plate having an upper face, a lower face opposite the upper face, a plurality of openings arranged according to a predetermined pattern and each configured to receive a barrel of one of the medical containers, plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from at least one of the upper and lower faces and extending between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings, and the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises at least one oblique rib extending obliquely relative to a longitudinal direction of the supporting plate from one side to another side of the supporting plate and between two different pairs of adjacent peripheral openings. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A holding device configured to support a plurality of medical containers, said holding device comprising: a supporting plate, said supporting plate having an upper face, a lower face opposite said upper face, a plurality of openings arranged according to a predetermined pattern and each configured to receive a barrel of one of the medical containers; and a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding from at least one of said upper and lower faces and extending between adjacent openings of said plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises at least one oblique rib extending obliquely relative to a longitudinal direction of the supporting plate from one side to another side of the supporting plate and between more than two different adjacent peripheral openings, wherein each opening is surrounded by a chimney protruding from one of the upper and lower faces of the supporting plate so as to guide insertion of a barrel of the medical containers into said opening, and wherein the at least one oblique rib extends obliquely relative to a longitudinal direction of the supporting plate between adjacent chimneys of the plurality of openings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein at least one reinforcing rib extends at least from a row of peripheral openings to another row of peripheral openings. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises two central ribs intersecting each other substantially at the center of the supporting plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The holding device according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises at least one secondary rib extending parallel to one of said central ribs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The holding device according claim 4, wherein said at least one secondary rib is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the supporting plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The holding device according claim 4, wherein said at least one secondary rib is thinner than the central ribs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The holding device according claim 4, wherein said at least one secondary rib is thinner than the at least one oblique rib. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the chimney comprises at least two guiding tabs, a slit being delimited between said at least two guiding tabs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of reinforcing ribs comprises one or several reinforcing ribs formed by adjacent chimneys connected to each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The holding device according to claim 9, wherein the chimneys forming said one or several reinforcing ribs are thicker than the other chimneys. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein the supporting plate comprises a peripheral edge protruding from one of said upper and lower faces and surrounding said plurality of openings. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The holding device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the reinforcing ribs has chamfered ends. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) An assembly configured to support a plurality of medical containers, the assembly comprising: a tub; and at least one holding device according to claim 1, the at least one holding device being contained inside the tub.