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US 11,597,576 B2Granted
Packaging for pressure and gas sensitive products
AssigneeRespirogen, Inc.
InventorsRobert T Scribner, Paul A Mountford, Robert M Scribner
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Abstract
Disclosed are improved devices, systems and methods for storing, protecting and/or dispensing/delivering products that are particularly sensitive to pressure changes, alterations in gas distributions and/or partial pressures, physical impacts, temperature changes and/or other variations in the ambient environment.
Claims20
A method of protecting a flowable microbubble composition from contamination or damage prior to dispensing or use in a patient, comprising:
- placing the flowable microbubble composition within a first flexible and sealable enclosure, the first flexible and sealable enclosure including a substantially sterile first interior space;
- inserting and suspending the first flexible and sealable enclosure completely within a second interior space of a second rigid and sealable enclosure and closing the second rigid and sealable enclosure to fully encapsulate the first flexible and sealable enclosure within the second interior space, wherein the second interior space comprises a plurality of interior walls and substantially all of the first flexible and sealable enclosure is spaced apart from the plurality of interior walls of the interior space;
- maintaining the second rigid and sealable enclosure in a closed condition until at least a portion of the flowable microbubble composition is to be utilized for dispensing or use in the patient.
A container for protecting a flowable microbubble composition from contamination or damage prior to dispensing, comprising:
- a first flexible and sealable enclosure having at least one enclosure wall and a mounting structure positioned near a first end of the enclosure, the first flexible and sealable enclosure having a substantially sterile first interior space, the flowable microbubble composition contained within the substantially sterile first interior space;
- a second rigid and sealable enclosure having a second interior space, the second interior space comprising an opening and a plurality of interior walls with at least one interior mounting point, the opening and second interior space sized and configured to accommodate the first flexible and sealable enclosure and flowable microbubble composition through the opening and within the second interior space without the at least one enclosure wall contacting the plurality of interior walls within the second interior space;
- wherein when the first flexible and sealable enclosure is placed within the second interior space and a closure top is engaged with the second rigid and sealable enclosure to close the opening, the mounting structure engages with the at least one interior mounting point to suspend the first flexible and sealable enclosure within the second rigid and sealable enclosure and prevent contact between the at least one enclosure wall and the plurality of interior walls within the second interior space;
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- the second rigid and sealable enclosure insulates the first flexible and sealable enclosure from exterior impacts and vibrations which contact the second rigid and sealable enclosure.
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