Handling device for pharmaceutical containers, and processing system for pharmaceutical containers comprising a handling device
AssigneeBausch + Stroebel SE + Co. KG
InventorFlorian Boerret
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Abstract
A handling apparatus and a processing system for pharmaceutical containers, for example vials, syringes, carpules or ampules. The handling apparatus includes two or more holding elements via which a container can be gripped in each case and of which at least one holding element can be selectively moved back and forth along a movement direction, and a spacing changing device for transferring the holding elements from a first relative position into a second relative position, and vice versa, in which the holding elements have a spacing from one another which differs from the spacing in the first relative position.
Claims23
A processing system for pharmaceutical containers being vials, syringes, carpules and/or ampules and having a respective container opening and a jacket, the processing system, comprising at least one handling apparatus for the pharmaceutical containers and an adjusting device on which the handling apparatus is held or which comprises the handling apparatus,
- wherein the handling apparatus comprises two or more holding elements via which a container is grippable in each case and of which at least one holding element is selectively movable back and forth along a movement direction;
- and a spacing changing device for transferring the holding elements from a first relative position into a second relative position, and vice versa, in which the holding elements have a spacing from one another that differs from the spacing in the first relative position,
- wherein the respective holding elements are transferable, by means of at least one electrical actuating unit, between a holding position, in which the holding elements partially surround the container and hold it at the jacket by means of a positive engagement, and a release position, in which the containers are released and disengaged from the holding elements,
- wherein the adjusting device is designed to transfer the handling apparatus from a receiving position into a transfer position, and vice versa,
- wherein in the receiving position, the containers are receivable from a first receiving unit of the processing system by means of the holding elements assuming the first relative position, and are transferable, in the transfer position, to a second receiving unit of the processing system with the holding elements assuming the second relative position,
- wherein the first receiving unit is or comprises a pharmaceutical packaging material being a common carrier for a plurality of containers, namely a nest or a tray, and wherein the second receiving unit is or comprises a transport device or a component of a transport device, for the hanging or standing transportation of the containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.