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AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorClaudio Bechini
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A compact system for packaging sterile pharmaceutical liquid products injectable into suitable containers in a sterile environment comprises a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers; the plurality of stations comprises at least a washing station intended for cleaning and decontaminating each of the said containers, at least a sterilizing station for sterilizing the containers exiting said washing station, and at least a filling and sealing station for filling said containers with said liquids and for sealing said containers; said stations and a connecting arrangement thereof are mounted in an operating configuration on a sole work platform; the washing station and the sterilizing station being arranged parallel and alongside one another, and connected together by a first conveyor of the containers arranged transversely to the washing station and to the sterilizing station to define a first substantially “U”-shaped portion of said path; the filling and sealing station being arranged aligned on said washing station and connected, in a staggered position, to the sterilizing station by a second conveyor of said containers arranged transversely to the sterilizing station, to define a second substantially “L”-shaped portion of the advancing path.
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
Compact system for packaging liquid products in a sterile environment, in particular pharmaceutical liquids injectable into suitable containers, the system comprising a plurality of operative packaging stations connected together and arranged in succession along an advancing path of said containers;
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Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations: sterilising, aseptic filling and…
Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details: packaging lines, e.g. general layout
Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging: by heat
Cleaning, filling with liquids or semiliquids, or emptying, of bottles, jars, cans
Term ended 11 Jan 2026 (estimated)
This application is the US national phase of international application PCT/EP2006/000167 filed 11 Jan. 2006 which designated the U.S. and claims benefit of IT BO2005A000010, dated 12 Jan. 2005, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention forming a part of the technical field relating to the packaging of pharmaceutical products in a protected environment.
In particular, the invention refers to a complete and compact system for sterile packaging with integrated washing, sterilising/depyrogenating and subsequent filling of containers with liquids, in particular injectable liquids for use in the- biotechnological field, to which the following disclosure will refer explicitly without thereby losing in generality. Specifically, the packaging system in object operates in a zone provided with an insulating arrangement suitable for preventing contamination coming from outside and between different parts of the system, and for furthermore preventing contamination of the external environment by the system.
The technical features of the invention according to the aforementioned objects are clearly ascertainable by the contents of the claims set out below, and the advantages thereof will be clearer in the detailed disclosure that follows, with reference to the attached drawings, that show an embodiment thereof purely by way of non-limitative example, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a partially sectioned plan view and with some parts removed for clarity, of an embodiment of a compact packaging system according to the present invention;
FIGS. 2a, 2b are schematic frontal and section views of an operating station of the system of FIG. 1 in two different respective functional positions;
With reference to the attached FIG. 1, 1 indicates overall a compact and automatic system particularly designed for packaging, in a protected environment, liquid pharmaceutical products for use in the biotechnological field inside suitable containers 2 and similar, for example, vial, syringes or bottles 2, according to an embodiment of the invention.
The system 1 comprises a plurality of operating stations 100, 200 and 300 connected together and integrated and arranged consecutively in relation to an advancing conveying plane path A of the bottles 2 to be filled, according to a particular configuration, as will be disclosed in detail below.
In particular, all the operating stations 100, 200, 300 and corresponding, connecting members 10, 20 of the system 1 are mounted and arranged on a single platform 3 dimensioned in such a way as to occupy a rectangular area the same as the area of a loading plane of a standard road transport vehicle, so as to be compatible with the loading and conveying of the entire system 1 mounted on the plane, the system 1, thus all the aforementioned operating stations that compose the latter, is furthermore managed and controlled by a sole control unit (known and not illustrated).