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US 12,758,345 B2Granted
Medical container packaging
AssigneesGerrersheimer Glas GmbH, Stevanato Group S.P.A.
InventorsWenzel Novak, Ramses Cuevas, Udo Leuschner, Riccardo Prete
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Abstract
A tub includes a bottom wall and sidewalls extending from the bottom wall. The sidewalls form an opening at a top of the tub opposite to the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes one or more apertures through the bottom wall. A porous fiber material can be disposed over the one or more apertures of the bottom wall.
Claims18
A tub for storing medical containers, the tub comprising:
- a bottom wall comprising a plurality of apertures through the bottom wall, the plurality of apertures comprising a first plurality of apertures disposed at a first longitudinal end of the bottom wall and a second plurality of apertures at a second longitudinal end of the bottom wall opposite to the first longitudinal end, wherein a surface of the bottom wall extending between the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures is unapertured, wherein the unapertured surface of the bottom wall extends a majority of the longitudinal length of the bottom wall between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end;
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- a plurality of sidewalls extending from the bottom wall, the plurality of sidewalls forming an opening at a top of the tub opposite to the bottom wall, wherein the apertures of the first plurality of apertures are linearly aligned in parallel to the sidewall at the first longitudinal end of the bottom wall, and the apertures of the second plurality of apertures are linearly aligned in parallel to the sidewall at the second longitudinal end of the bottom wall.
A tub for storing medical containers, the tub comprising:
- a bottom wall comprising a plurality of apertures through the bottom wall, the plurality of apertures comprising a first plurality of apertures disposed at a first longitudinal end of the bottom wall and a second plurality of apertures at a second longitudinal end of the bottom wall opposite to the first longitudinal end, wherein the first plurality of apertures comprises a first aperture having a first size, a second aperture having a second size smaller than the first size, and a third aperture having the second size, the second plurality of apertures comprises a fourth aperture having the first size, a fifth aperture having the second size, and a sixth aperture having the first size, the first plurality of apertures are disposed in a linear pattern with the first aperture disposed between the second aperture and the third aperture, the plurality of apertures are disposed in a symmetrical pattern across a lateral centerline of the bottom wall, and a surface of the bottom wall extending between the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures is unapertured;
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- a plurality of sidewalls extending from the bottom wall, the plurality of sidewalls forming an opening at a top of the tub opposite to the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.