Container for sterilizing flexible bags
AssigneeGrifols Worldwide Operations Limited
InventorsJordi Boira Bonhora, Carlos Roura Salietti
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Abstract
A container for sterilizing flexible bags can be for pharmaceutical use. The container includes an upper flat structure including at least one element supporting the flexible bags and designed to accommodate a plug port of the flexible bag. The support element includes at least one fastening element, which is suitable for retaining the flexible bags once they are inserted into the support element. The container also includes a lower receptacle designed to contain the upper flat structure and to couple to the upper flat structure in a detachable manner. The container further includes a cap for hermetically sealing the lower receptacle.
Claims15
A hermetically-sealed container holding a plurality of flexible bags to be sterilized for pharmaceutical use, comprising:
- an upper flat structure comprising a plurality of supports for said flexible bags, each of the supports comprising a slot and a notch;
- each of the plurality of flexible bags comprising a port-plug, wherein each port-plug is inserted through the slot of one of the supports and accommodated in the notch of said one of the supports such that each flexible bag is retained within the slot and above the notch of one of the supports;
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- a lower receptacle containing said upper flat structure and flexible bags, wherein the lower receptacle is coupled to the upper flat structure in a detachable manner and such that the upper flat structure serves as a cap hermetically sealing said lower receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.