Flexible shipping container and manufacturing process
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Aseptics
InventorsStephanie Armau, Cedric Lambert, Mathieu Labedan, Bernard Saint Martin
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Abstract
A flexible transport container (1) includes an inner bag (10) formed by a flat casing closed at one end (12), the other end (13) of which is folded towards the first end. The inner bag is housed inside an outer bag (20) formed by a casing provided with a first access port (25) which extends through the two bags close to the closed end of the inner bag and a second access port (27) which only extends through the wall of the outer bag opposite a portion of the folded end of the inner bag.
Claims16
A flexible shipping container configured for single use, for sterile application and for transporting items, comprising:
- an inner bag, configured to hold the items, formed by a first casing that is closed at one, first end and including another, second end shaped as an elephant trunk and configured to be folded toward the first end into a folded state;
- and an outer bag in which the inner bag is configured to be housed, the outer bag being formed by a second casing comprising a single-use first access door extending through a wall of the inner bag and a wall of the outer bag and being located close to the closed first end of the inner bag, the first access door being configured to be permanently locked after a single use in which the items from outside of the flexible shipping container are loaded, and a single-use second access door extending only through the wall of the outer bag and being located close to the second end of the inner bag in the folded state of the second end, the second access door being configured to remain permanently in an opened state during and after the single use in which the items from the inner bag are unloaded to the outside of the flexible shipping container by the second end of the inner bag;
- wherein when the inner bag is filled with the items through the single-use first access door, the second end of the inner bag is configured to be folded into the folded state and be inserted into the outer bag, the second end of the inner bag is smaller than the second access door, and the second end of the inner bag is configured to be pulled toward the outside of the flexible shipping container through the single-use second access door in the opened state of the second access door and unfolded when the items disposed within the inner bag are transported to the outside of the flexible shipping container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.