Container for medical and/or pharmaceutical products
AssigneeAirnov, Inc.
InventorsBernardo Romeo, Valere Logel, Jacquy Lebon
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Abstract
The disclosure pertains to a container for storing medical and/or pharmaceutical products. The container includes a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume, a flange formed on the container body and configured to receive a connecting element of a cap provided with a tamper-evident mechanism, and an active insert placed within the container body. This container is an improved container for the storage of products. The disclosure also pertains to a sealed package comprising this container.
Claims25
A container for packaging medical or pharmaceutical products, the container comprising:
- a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume;
- a cap comprising a lid portion configured to close the opening of the container body, a connecting element and a tamper-evident mechanism between the lid portion and the connecting element;
- a flange formed on an outer periphery of the container body, the flange being configured to receive the connecting element of the cap and to vertically secure the cap thereon, wherein, before the cap is assembled to the container body, a diameter of a vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element is smaller than an outside diameter of a vertical portion of the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body, wherein the connecting element is made of a resilient material allowing the diameter of the vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element to enlarge when the cap is assembled on the container body, such that the enlarged vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element exerts pressure on the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body when the cap is assembled on the container body;
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- an active insert placed within the container body, the active insert defining at least a portion of the storage volume of the plastic container body.
A method of manufacturing a container for packaging medical or pharmaceutical products, the container comprising a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume, the container further comprising (i) a cap comprising a lid portion configured to close the opening of the container body, a connecting element and a tamper-evident mechanism between the lid portion and the connecting element, (ii) a flange formed on an outer periphery of the container body, the flange being configured to receive the connecting element of the cap and to vertically secure the cap thereon, wherein, before the cap is assembled to the container body, a diameter of a vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element is smaller than an outside diameter of a vertical portion of the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body, wherein the connecting element is made of a resilient material allowing the diameter of the vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element to enlarge when the cap is assembled on the container body, such that the enlarged vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element exerts pressure on the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body when the cap is assembled on the container body, and (iii) an active insert which is placed within the container body and defines at least a portion of the storage volume of the plastic container body, the method comprising:
- supplying the container body with the active insert placed therein;
- filling the container body with the medical or pharmaceutical products;
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- assembling the cap to the container body.
A method of using a container for packaging of medical or pharmaceutical products, the container comprising a plastic container body comprising a side wall, a base and an opening defining a storage volume, the container further comprising (i) a cap comprising a lid portion configured to close the opening of the container body, a connecting element and a tamper-evident mechanism between the lid portion and the connecting element, (ii) a flange formed on an outer periphery of the container body, the flange being configured to receive the connecting element of the cap and to vertically secure the cap thereon, wherein, before the cap is assembled to the container body, a diameter of a vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element is smaller than an outside diameter of a vertical portion of the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body, wherein the connecting element is made of a resilient material allowing the diameter of the vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element to enlarge when the cap is assembled on the container body, such that the enlarged vertical cylindrical wall of the connecting element exerts pressure on the flange formed on the outer periphery of the container body when the cap is assembled on the container body, and (iii) an active insert which is placed within the container body and defines at least a portion of the storage volume of the plastic container body, the method comprising:
- packaging medical or pharmaceutical products in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.