# US 12,179,473 B2 · System and method for producing a medicinal packaging

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- Number: US 12,179,473 B2
- Document ID: US12179473B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/609,602
- Filed: 2020-05-20
- Published: 2022-06-23
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2019-05-21
- Assignees: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- Applicants: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- Inventors: Thomas Brückner; Benjamin Fritz; Gerald Wegner; Stefan Faber; Alexander Stojmanovski; Marko Krenzlin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12179473B2

## CPC

- B41F 17/24: for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles
- B41J 3/407: for marking on special material
- A61J 1/10: Bag-type containers
- B31B 70/006: {Controlling; Regulating; Measuring; Safety measures}
- B31B 70/88: Printing; Embossing
- B41F 16/00: Transfer printing apparatus
- B41F 16/0013: {combined with other printing presses}
- B41F 19/00: Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
- B41F 19/007: {with selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet or thermal printers}
- B41F 19/02: with embossing
- B41J 2/325: by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
- B65B 3/003: {Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like}
- B65B 55/02: Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
- B65B 61/025: {for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging}
- B41M 1/02: Letterpress printing, e.g. book printing
- B41M 1/30: on organic plastics, horn or similar materials {(recording sheets having a coating to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity B41M5/50; marking or recording on plastic by irradiation with electromagnetic beams, e.g. laser, B41M5/267)}
- B41M 3/008: {Sequential or multiple printing, e.g. on previously printed background; Mirror printing; Recto-verso printing; using a combination of different printing techniques; Printing of patterns visible in reflection and by transparency; by superposing printed artifacts}
- B41M 5/0047: {by ink-jet printing}
- B41M 5/0064: {on plastics, horn, rubber, or other organic polymers}
- B41F: PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES (manifolding devices or office printing machines B41L)
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B)
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)
- B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P)

## Abstract

The invention relates to a system and a method for manufacturing a medical package, in particular a foil bag made of plastic. A print image with variable information comprising blank spaces is first applied by means of a thermal transfer printer. The blank spaces are filled by means of a hot stamp printing process.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for manufacturing a medical package, the system comprising:
a first printer comprising a digitally controlled thermal print head comprising a plurality of heating elements, the plurality of heating elements being actuated via a control device and configured to generate a variable print image on a surface of the medical package; and
a hot stamp printer arranged downstream of the first printer, the hot stamp printer comprising a printing plate defining a print relief with a flat section, wherein the flat section is dimensioned and arranged to at least partially overlap with the variable print image.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the hot stamp printer is arranged behind the first printer such that a foil tape is configured to be transported from the first printer to the hot stamp printer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flat section of the print relief is dimensioned and arranged to cover the entire variable print image or lie inside the variable print image.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the print relief of the printing plate comprises at least one further section, wherein the further section comprises a structure indicative of static information and is dimensioned and arranged to lie outside of the variable print image, and wherein the structure is selected from a group consisting of letters, digits, symbol, image, barcode, and data matrix code.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising a filling station for filling the medical package with a medical liquid and a device for sealing the filled medical package.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system according to claim 5, further comprising an autoclaving station.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

Use of the system of claim 1 for manufacturing a medical package made of plastic.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The use of a system according to claim 7, wherein the medical package is a foil bag.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A medical package manufactured by the system of claim 1.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The medical package of claim 9, comprising a first print region with a print image applied using the first printer, wherein at least one blank space defined in at least one section in the print image is filled using the hot stamp printer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The medical package of claim 10, wherein the at least one blank space is filled with variable and/or static information using the hot stamp printer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The medical package of claim 10, further comprising a second print region which is applied using the hot stamp printer, wherein the second print region is arranged separate from the first print region, and wherein the second print region includes static information.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The medical package of claim 9, wherein the medical package is formed as a bag.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The medical package according to claim 13, wherein the bag is arranged in a secondary package.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The medical package according to claim 14, wherein the secondary package is formed as a tear-open bag.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The medical package of claim 10, wherein the print image comprises a positive print image and/or a negative print image.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The medical package of claim 10, wherein the first print region is applied by a first ink, the at least one section is filled with a second ink, and the first and second inks adjoin one another directly.