Container

A container comprising:

• a body;
• and
• a lid for closing the container to hermetically seal a product therein, said lid having a sealing rim including a layer of elastomeric material which sealingly engages with a sealing rim of the container body, the sealing engagement providing a first, static, seal and a second, dynamic, seal and said elastomeric sealing material extending into the interior of the container beneath the lid to provide an elastomeric formation operative to engage an upper surface of the product within the container so as to apply a resilient bias thereto to hold a lower face of the product against the base of the container, wherein the elastomeric formation acts to inhibit movement of the product within the container, and the elastomeric formation flexes to accommodate a range of product thicknesses and/or surface irregularities.

A container for a pharmaceutical product to protect the product against physical damage, said container comprising a body for housing the product and a lid for closing the container to provide a hermetically sealed enclosure for the product therein, said container having a facility for providing internal pressure relief over a range of temperatures encompassing freezing to sterilizing to permit maintenance of the hermetic seal throughout the freezing to sterilizing temperatures to which the container will be exposed and wherein the body and lid comprise a robust semi-rigid polymer of pharmaceutical grade and wherein the hermetic seal between co-operating parts of the body and lid is formed by an elastomeric layer therebetween and wherein the elastomeric layer is applied to a peripheral rim of the lid to sealingly co-operate with a peripheral sealing rim of the body and wherein the sealing rim of the lid is of inverted channel section to which the layer of elastomeric material is applied, the elastomeric layer including a formation which engages against a formation on the sealing rim of the container body to provide therewith a static seal and the elastomeric layer also having a lip to slidingly engage a surface of the sealing rim of the container body to provide a dynamic seal.

A container according to 39, wherein a further sealing zone is formed between an upper end edge of the sealing rim of the container body and the immediately adjacent part of the elastomeric layer.

A container for a pharmaceutical product to protect the product against physical damage, said container comprising a body for housing the product and a lid for closing the container to provide a hermetically sealed enclosure for the product therein, said container having a facility for providing internal pressure relief over a range of temperatures encompassing freezing to sterilizing to permit maintenance of the hermetic seal throughout the freezing to sterilizing temperatures to which the container will be exposed and wherein the body and lid comprise a robust semi-rigid polymer of pharmaceutical grade and wherein the hermetic seal between co-operating parts of the body and lid is formed by an elastomeric layer therebetween and wherein the elastomeric layer is applied to a peripheral rim of the lid to sealingly co-operate with a peripheral sealing rim of the body and wherein the container body has a lateral flange extending outwardly from its peripheral wall beneath the sealing rim and the flange is bordered externally over at least a substantial part of its periphery by an upstanding outer rim, said flange serving to stiffen the sealing rim to inhibit deformation thereof and degradation of the sealing effect, and said outer rim acting to shield the outer edge portion of the lid when it is in its frilly closed position against accidental opening of the container.