Method of transferring a plurality of containers and/or closures to a clean room, transport and packaging container and packaging structure therefore
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsGregor Fritz Deutschle, Edgar Pawlowski
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Abstract
A transport and packaging container for a plurality of pharmaceutical containers and a method for transferring the pharmaceutical containers from the transport and packaging containers into a clean room are provided. By placing a side wall of the transport and packaging container in close proximity to or in contact with the side wall of the clean room and by opening the side wall of the transport and packaging container and a transfer port door of the clean room, the pharmaceutical containers can be transferred into the inside space of the clean room via the access opening.
Claims32
A method for transferring a plurality of containers for the storage of substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic purposes and/or of closure elements of such containers from a transport and packaging container into a clean room, wherein the transport and packaging container has at least one side wall having an access opening, which is sterile sealed by a gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover, comprising the steps of:
- placing the transport and packaging container together with the plurality of containers and/or closure elements accommodated therein, so that the side wall of the transport and packaging container is disposed directly at a side wall of the clean room and in close proximity to a transfer port door of the clean room;
- opening the transfer port door, wherein by coupling the gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover with the transfer port door the gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover are separated from the side wall of the transport and packaging container at the same time so that the access opening of the transport and packaging container is in communication with an inside space of the clean room;
- transferring the plurality of containers and/or of closure elements from the transport and packaging container into the inside space of the clean room;
- and
- closing the transfer port door.
The method as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the coupling of the gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover with the transfer port door is performed by latching, by temporarily fixing the gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover on the outside of the transfer port door by adjustable grippers or by sucking the gas-permeable protective sheet or gas-permeable cover against the outside of the transfer port door by suction devices.
A transport and packaging container for the storage of containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic purposes and/or for the storage of closure elements for such containers, wherein
- the transport and packaging container is box-shaped and comprises an upper side, a bottom and four side walls,
- respective pairs of side walls are arranged in parallel with each other and spaced to each other,
- at least one of the side walls has an access opening, which is sealed sterile by a cover, and
- the respective cover is removable for providing access to an inside space of the transport and packaging container for the removal of the containers accommodated in the transport and packaging container via the access opening, wherein
- the cover is a gas-permeable protective sheet or a gas-permeable lid for enabling a sterilization of the inside space of the transport and packaging container and/or of the containers accommodated therein and/or of closure elements by a gas flowing in through the gas-permeable protective sheet or cover.
In a method for transferring a plurality of containers for the storage of substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic purposes and/or of closure elements of such containers from a box-shaped transport and packaging container into a clean room via a transfer port door of the clean room
- placing a side wall of the box-shaped transport and packaging container in close proximity to or in abutment with a side wall of the clean room and in close proximity to the transfer port door of the clean room;
- coupling a cover or lid, which is provided on the side wall of the transport and packaging container for sterile sealing an access opening of the transport and packaging container, with the transfer port door without rotation of the transport and packaging container, opening the transfer port door and separating the cover or lid from the side wall of the transport and packaging container so that the access opening of the transport and packaging container is in communication with an inside space of the clean room;
- transferring the plurality of containers and/or of closure elements from the transport and packaging container into the inside space of the clean room via the access opening;
- and
- closing the transfer port door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.