Packaging unit for a pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic item and method of sterilizing a pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic item that can be arranged in the packaging unit
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsGregor Deutschle, Edgar Pawlowski, Joern Wassenberg, Isabell Dubrau, Judith Auerbach
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Abstract
A packaging unit for at least one pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic item is provided. The packaging unit includes a sterilizing chamber for accommodating the item and a prechamber that can be sealed repeatedly both from an exterior of the packaging unit and from the sterilizing chamber. The prechamber has a wall that has portions made of a wall material that is selectively permeability to one or more sterilizing agents.
Claims20
A packaging unit for at least one pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic item, comprising:
- a sterilizing chamber for accommodating the item;
- and
- a prechamber that is sealable both from an exterior of the packaging unit and from the sterilizing chamber,
- wherein the prechamber has a wall that has portions comprising a wall material exhibiting selective permeability for sterilizing agents to sterilize of an interior of the packaging unit and/or the item.
A method for sterilizing a pharmaceutical item that can be arranged in a packaging unit, the method comprising the steps of:
- introducing the item into a sterilizing chamber of the packaging unit;
- sealing a prechamber of the packaging unit from an exterior;
- and
- introducing a first sterilizing agent, for which a wall material of a portion of the prechamber is permeable, from the exterior through the wall material into an interior of the packaging unit to sterilize the interior and/or the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.