EP0280691B1 - Babyflaschen-einsatz für den einmalgebrauch - Google Patents

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EP0280691B1
EP0280691B1 EP87904374A EP87904374A EP0280691B1 EP 0280691 B1 EP0280691 B1 EP 0280691B1 EP 87904374 A EP87904374 A EP 87904374A EP 87904374 A EP87904374 A EP 87904374A EP 0280691 B1 EP0280691 B1 EP 0280691B1
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J9/00—Feeding-bottles in general
    • A61J9/001—Feeding-bottles in general with inner liners

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  • This invention relates to the nursing of infants.
  • Such formulae are dispensed to infants in nursing bottles.
  • Conventional nursing bottles have a glass or plastic body portion, and a closure in the form of a screw-threaded cap into which a test is fitted.
  • the equipment can either be immersed in a chemical sterilising solution for one hour, or may alternatively be placed in a suitable container, covered with water, brought to the boil and allowed to boil continuously in the water for ten minutes and then cooled. Great care must then be taken to ensure that all sterilised objects remain sterile.
  • the feed Before being fed to the baby the feed needs to be heated to bring it to at least room temperature and, if preferred, to body temperature. This can take several minutes during which time the parent is usually listening to a crying baby.
  • AU-A-65873/65 to McKenna relates to a method and means for dispensing baby formula, in which a special flexible bag containing formula, is locatable in a casing. A special skirt on the package is adapted to locate over the neck of the casing.
  • AU-A-77971/75 to Hammer also proposes the use of flexible bags for containing nursing liquids, to be used within a particular outer structure, but such an arrangement is costly, in that all the elements of the arrangement must be purchased to replace existing bottles.
  • EP-A-0 068 653 to Klittich relates to attachment means for securing a flexible bag in a specialized reusable housing, which may then be filled with fluid.
  • the invention provides an infants' feeding system comprising an elongated bag containing a feeding formula, said bag having been filled with said formula under sterile conditions, and a rigid container having an opening spannable by dispensing apparatus for said formula, said bag having a first portion adjacent one end thereof occupied by said formula when said bag is in a first orientation, and said bag having a second portion adjacent the other end thereof, characterised in that said second portion is collapsed due to the withdrawal of air therefrom when said bag is in said first orientation, in that said bag is adapted to be inserted into said container through said opening with said second portion located in the interior of said container, said second portion being collapsed to a size that permits it to enter said opening, in that said bag being adapted to inverted from said first orientation to a second orientation so that the formula is caused to flow from said first portion into said second portion when the latter is located within said container a part of said first portion being removed when said bag is in said second orientation to provide an outlet for the formula in said bag, said bag being formed such that said first portion and said
  • the invention also provides a method of producing a flexible container containing infants' formula (20) and suitable for use with a conventional nursing bottle having a dispensing apparatus spanning a neck opening of said bottle, said method being comprising the steps of: providing an elongated, flexible container open at one end; partially filling a first portion of said container with sterile infants' formula ; characterised by the steps of: evacuating air from the remainder of said container to provide a collapsed portion thereof smaller in cross sectional area than said first portion and sufficiently small in size as to be insertable into said container through said opening for the dispensing apparatus; and thereafter sealing said open of said flexible container.
  • the invention further provides a sealed, sterile bag as defined in Claim 7.
  • an artificial infants' feeding formula is prepared in sterile conditions and is packed in a disposable bag (10) (Fig. 1) which preferably has the dimensions 180mm (circumference) by 330mm (length).
  • the solution is to use a plastic material with a minimum permeability. Special plastic laminates are manufactured for this purpose and are used with the Intasept (referred to hereinafter) and other systems. It is also possible for such a laminate to be produced in a tubular form by an extrusion or other process.
  • a single feed that is, a predetermined volume of liquid formula, is packed into each bag 10 in sterile conditions using a UHT (ultra high temperature) process which is used to produce dairy products having long shelf life at ambient temperatures.
  • UHT ultra high temperature
  • the manufacturing process involves -
  • the "Intasept" aseptic 2-30 litre filler manufactured by Wrightcel Limited is claimed to have a high degree of reliability and can be very easily adapted to this application with a minimum of cost.
  • the feed only occupies bottom section 12 of bag 10 when the bag is oriented as shown in Figure 1, and the remainder 14 of the bag has the air evacuated therefrom. Immediately after filling, the bag is sealed by conventional means to prevent any contamination.
  • the size of the feed packaged in this way would depend upon the age of the baby. It is suggested that the feeds would be marketed in a 150 millilitre size and a 250 millilitre size. The size of the bag 10, however, would preferably remain the same.
  • the filled bags are then packed in cardboard boxes or the like, containing a given number of feeds to each box.
  • FIGS 2 to 5 inclusive demonstrate the manner in which a feed is prepared after a filed bag 10 has been purchased by a parent.
  • the parent would obtain a filled bag 10 from a cupboard or other storage area.
  • the parent would then insert the collapsed end 14 of bag 10 into the open end 18 of a conventional nursing bottle 16.
  • the parent then raises filled end 12 of the bag 10 ( Figure 3) so that the orientation of the bag is inverted with respect to that of Figure 1 and so that the infants' formula 20 flows in the direction of the arrows to end 14, which is located in bottle 16.
  • the formula 20 is then within the bottle 16, but is separated therefrom by the material from which bag 10 is formed.
  • the former bottom portion 12 of the bag 10 which now protrudes above the neck 18 of the bottle 16 is now substantially devoid of milk, and the outer portion of this is cut off with scissors or the like 22 to form an open-ended bag leaving, preferably at least sixty millimitres of the bag 10 protruding above the neck of the bottle ( Figure 3).

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  1. Säuglingsfütterungssystem mit einem langgestreckten Beutel (10), der eine Speisemischung (20) enthält, wobei der Beutel (10) mit der Mischung (20) unter sterilen Bedingungen gefüllt worden ist, und einem starren Behälter (16), der eine Öffnung (18) hat, die durch eine Abgabevorrichtung (28) für die Mischung (20) überspannbar ist, wobei der Beutel (10) einen ersten Teil (12) an seinem einen Ende hat, der durch die Mischung (20) eingenommen wird, wenn der Beutel (10) in einer ersten Orientierung ist, und wobei der Beutel (10) einen zweiten Teil (14) an seinem anderen Ende hat, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zweite Teil (14) aufgrund des Absaugens von Luft aus demselben kollabiert ist, wenn der Beutel (10) in der ersten Orientierung ist, daß der Beutel (10) dafür ausgebildet ist, in den Behälter (16) durch die Öffnung (18) eingeführt zu werden, wobei der zweite Teil (14) in dem Inneren des Behälters (16) angeordnet wird und wobei der zweite Teil (14) auf eine Größe kollabiert ist, die ihm gestattet, in die Öffnung (18) einzutreten, daß der Beutel dafür ausgebildet ist, aus der ersten Orientierung eine zweite Orientierung umgedreht zu werden, so daß die Mischung (20) veranlaßt wird, aus dem ersten Teil (12) in den zweiten Teil (14) zu fließen, wenn letzterer innerhalb des Behälters (16) angeordnet ist, wobei ein Teil des ersten Teils (12) entfernt wird, wenn der Beutel (10) in der zweiten Orientierung ist, um einen Auslaß für die Mischung (20) in dem Beutel (10) zu schaffen, wobei der Beutel (10) so ausgebildet ist, daß der erste Teil (12) und der zweite Teil (14) ständig in Fluidverbindung miteinander sind, und daß die Abgabevorrichtung (28) dafür ausgebildet ist, an dem Behälter (16) über der Öffnung (18) befestigt zu werden zum Abgeben der in dem Beutel (10) enthaltenen Mischung (20) an einen Säugling.
  2. Säuglingsfütterungssystem nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Behälter (16) eine Säuglingsflasche (16) ist.
  3. Säuglingsfütterungssystem nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der starre Behälter (16) einen Hals hat, an dem die Abgabevorrichtung (28) befestigt ist, und wobei derjenige Teil der ersten Teils (12) des Beutels (10), der dem entfernten Teil desselben benachbart ist, zwischen dem Hals des Behälters (16) und der Abgabevorrichtung (28) zum Befestigen des Beutels (10) in dem Behälter (16) eingespannt werden kann.
  4. Säuglingsfütterungssystem nach irgendeinem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Abgabevorrichtung (28) ein Schnuller ist.
  5. Verfahren zum Herstellen eines flexiblen Behälters (10), der eine Säuglingsspeisemischung (20) enthält und zur Verwendung mit einer herkömmlichen Säuglingsflasche (16) geeignet ist, die eine Abgabevorrichtung (28) hat, welche eine Halsöffnung (18) der Flasche überspannt, wobei das Verfahren die Schritte beinhaltet:
    Bereitstellen eines langgestreckten, flexiblen Behälters (10), der an einem Ende offen ist;
    teilweises Füllen eines ersten Teils (12) des Behälters (10) mit einer sterilen Säuglingsspeisemischung (20);
    gekennzeichnet durch die Schritte:
    Evakuieren von Luft aus dem übrigen Teil des Behälters (10), um einen kollabierten Teil (14) desselben zu schaffen, der in der Querschnittsfläche kleiner als der erste Teil (12) ist, wobei der kollabierte Teil zum Einfuhren in den Behälter (16) durch die Öffnung (18) für die Abgabevorrichtung (28) vorgesehen ist; und
    anschließendes Verschließen des offenen Endes des flexiblen Behälters (10).
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Schritt des Bereitstellens des Behälters (10) weiter darin besteht, ein im wesentlichen rohrförmiges Teil bereitzustellen, das ein offenes Ende hat und aus einem Kunststofflaminatmaterial mit minimaler Sauerstoffdurchlässigkeit hergestellt ist, um die Sauerstoffverunreinigung der Mischung zu minimieren.
  7. Verschlossener, steriler Beutel (10), der eine Säuglingsspeisemischung (20) enthält und zur Verwendung bei einer Säuglingsflasche (16) geeignet ist, die eine Öffnung hat, welche durch eine Abgabevorrichtung (28) für die Mischung (20) überspannbar ist, wobei der Beutel (10) langgestreckt und insgesamt rohrförmig ist und aus einem flexiblen Material gebildet ist sowie einen ersten Teil (12) an seinem einen Ende hat, der durch die Mischung (20) eingenommen wird, und einen zweiten Teil (14) an seinem anderen Ende, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zweite Teil (14) aufgrund des Absaugens von Luft aus dem Beutel (10) kollabiert ist, wobei der erste und zweite Teil in ständiger Fluidverbindung miteinander sind; wobei der zweite Teil (14), weil er in dem kollabierten Zustand ist, eine Querschnittsfläche hat, die kleiner als die des ersten Teils (12) ist und zur Einführung in die Säuglingsflasche (16) durch die Öffnung (18) mit dem ersten Endteil (12) oberhalb des zweiten Endteils (14) vorgesehen ist, so daß die Speise aus dem ersten Endteil in den zweiten Endteil fließt, um die Speise in den zweiten Teil innerhalb der Flasche zu bringen und aus dem ersten Endteil zu entfernen.
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