# US 2014/0190861 A1 · Packaging for medical containers

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- Number: US 2014/0190861 A1
- Document ID: US20140190861A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/112,550
- Filed: 2012-04-20
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-04-21
- Assignees: Becton Dickinson France
- Inventors: Franck Carrel; Eric Dominicy; Thomas Dubois
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190861A1

## CPC

- B01L 9/06: Test-tube stands; Test-tube holders
- A61M 5/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. packages for syringes or needles or kits for diabetics}
- A61M 5/008: {Racks for supporting syringes or needles}
- B65D 21/0233: {Nestable containers}
- B65D 21/045: {about 180° only}
- B65D 71/0096: {the dimensions of the supports corresponding to the periphery of the load, e.g. pallets}
- B65D 71/70: Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
- B01L 9/54: {Supports specially adapted for pipettes and burettes}
- B01L 2200/025: Align devices or objects to ensure defined positions relative to each other
- B01L 2200/028: Modular arrangements
- B01L 2200/185: Long distance transport, e.g. mailing
- B01L 2300/0809: rectangular shaped
- B01L 2300/0858: Side walls
- B65D 2571/00111: Arrangements of flexible binders
- B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES

## Abstract

This packaging includes a grouping nest, a first tub, and a sealing cover. Lateral walls of the first tub are sloped to allow a nesting of this first tub in a second identical tub; the first tub includes recesses on the outer side of the tub forming tub and/or nest supporting pillars on the inner side of each wall, and having a tub and/or nest supporting surface opposite the bottom of the tub. The positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on one opposed lateral wall is different from the positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on the other opposed lateral wall allowing nesting of this first tub into a second identical tub in a first relative position of the first tub, while allowing the stacking of said first and second tubs one onto the other in a second relative position of the first tub.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Packaging for a plurality of medical containers comprising:
a nest comprising receiving openings for the containers,
a first tub adapted to receive said nest, having:
a bottom wall,
first opposed lateral sloped walls,
second opposed lateral sloped walls, and
an upper opening with a peripheral flange,
a sealing cover placeable on said peripheral flange,
wherein each of said first and second opposed lateral sloped walls comprises at least one recess forming a supporting pillar on an inner side of said walls, with a supporting surface opposite to a bottom of the tub, and in that:
a recess on each of the first opposed lateral walls forms a tub supporting pillar extending from the bottom of said tub up to the upper opening and comprising a tub supporting surface,
a recess on each of the first and second opposed lateral walls forms a nest supporting pillar comprising a nest supporting surface extending below the tub supporting surface, and
the positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on one of the first opposed lateral walls is different from the positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on the other one of the first opposed lateral walls in order to allow the nesting of this first tub into a second identical tub when empty and when the first tub is in a first relative position with respect to the second tub, while allowing the stacking of said first and second tubs one onto the other when the first tub is in a second relative position with respect to the second tub, the bottom wall of the first tub being supported by the tub supporting surfaces of the second tub.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1, wherein
a recess of each of the second opposed lateral walls forms a tub supporting pillar extending from the bottom of said tub up to the upper opening and comprising a tub supporting surface, and
the positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on one of the second opposed lateral walls is different from the positioning of the recess forming a tub supporting pillar on the other one of the second opposed lateral walls in order to allow the nesting of this first tub into a second identical tub when empty, while allowing the stacking of said first and second tubs one onto the other, the bottom wall of the first tub being supported by the tub supporting surfaces carried by the tub supporting pillars of the first and second opposed lateral walls of the second tub.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1 further comprising a header bag that encloses the tub containing the nest and being sealed by the sealing cover.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The packaging of claim 3, wherein the tub supporting surfaces are levelled with the peripheral flange, such that when the first tub is stacked onto the second tub, the bottom wall of the first tub does not exert any pressure onto the sealing cover. Application No. Not Yet Assigned Customer No. 32182 Paper Dated: October 18, 2013

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1, wherein said tub supporting pillars further comprise a nest supporting surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The packing of claim 1, wherein said nest supporting pillars are distinct from said tub supporting pillars.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1, wherein said recesses include limitation arrangements for limiting a nesting depth of the first tub into the second tub.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1, wherein said nest further comprises pillar notches allowing its insertion around said tub supporting pillars until bearing on said nest supporting surfaces.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The packaging of claim 8, wherein said nest has walls delimiting said pillar notches to improve the guidance of the nest when moving along the tub supporting pillars.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The packaging of claim 1, wherein said nest further comprises finger notches adapted for the insertion of an user's fingers for catching the nest.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The packaging of claim 10, wherein said finger notches further comprise abutment ridges providing a better gripping surface for the user's fingers.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The packaging of claim 10, wherein said finger notches are delimited by walls providing contact surfaces for the user's fingers.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A packaging system for transporting a plurality of packagings according to claim 1, wherein each packaging consists of the tub containing the nest receiving a plurality of medical containers, the tub being sealed by the sealing cover placed onto the peripheral flange and put into a plastic bag including a porous part, said packaging system comprising a box wherein a plurality of packagings are stacked directly one onto the other, bottom up, the tub supporting surfaces of an upper tub being supported by the bottom wall of a lower tub.