EP0680895B1 - Emballage du type blister pour lentille optique - Google Patents

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EP0680895B1
EP0680895B1 EP95810270A EP95810270A EP0680895B1 EP 0680895 B1 EP0680895 B1 EP 0680895B1 EP 95810270 A EP95810270 A EP 95810270A EP 95810270 A EP95810270 A EP 95810270A EP 0680895 B1 EP0680895 B1 EP 0680895B1
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Sharla Borghorst
Erich Dr. Baumann
John Dr. Golby
Peter Dr. Hagmann
Peter Dr. Herbrechtsmeier
Otto Dr. Kretzschmar
Bernhard Dr. Seiferling
Michele De Lucchi
Torsten Fritze
Masahiko Cubo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/10—Container closures formed after filling
    • B65D77/20—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers
    • B65D77/2024—Container closures formed after filling by applying separate lids or covers, i.e. flexible membrane or foil-like covers the cover being welded or adhered to the container
    • B65D77/2028—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab
    • B65D77/2032—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container
    • B65D77/2036—Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab by peeling or tearing the cover from the container the seal having a stress concentrating portion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/26—Thin-walled containers, e.g. formed by deep-drawing operations
    • B65D1/30—Groups of containers joined together end-to-end or side-by-side
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/54—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for
    • B65D2585/545—Contact lenses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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  • the present invention relates to a blister pack for an optical lens, in particular a soft hydrophilic contact lens, according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • Soft hydrophilic contact lenses are generally made from hydrophilic polymer material such as e.g. Copolymers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) produced and can have a water content of 20% to 90% and more, depending on the polymer composition.
  • HEMA hydroxyethyl methacrylate
  • Such contact lenses must be stored and stored in a sterile aqueous solution, usually an isotonic saline solution, to avoid drying out and to keep the lenses ready for use.
  • US-A-4,691,820 (EP-B-0 223 581) describes a blister pack of the generic type intended for such soft hydrophilic contact lenses.
  • the main space of the cavity of this package which receives the contact lens is expressly not adapted to the shape of the contact lens.
  • the cavity is provided with an adjoining space, which forms the sliding ramp in the form of an oblique surface that takes up the entire width of the cavity and extends from the bottom of the main space into the plane of the flange. Due to its specific shape, this pack requires an unnecessarily large volume of storage solution and, as practical tests have shown, it is still relatively cumbersome to use, and it can be relatively easy for the storage solution to spill during the opening of the pack.
  • a blister pack of the generic type is to be improved in terms of its practical handling and its need for storage solution.
  • the inventive design of the cavity in the form of drops allows, on the one hand, due to its obliquely increasing course, a particularly convenient removal of the contact lens from the base part and, on the other hand, because of the close adaptation of the cavity shape to the shape of the contact lens, enables an extremely low volume of storage solution to be used.
  • the embodiment according to claim 2 makes it particularly easy to grasp the cover layer for the purpose of pulling it off the base part.
  • the support element according to claim 3 gives the blister pack according to the invention a high stability against tipping when it is placed on a base when opened. The same applies to the rear support element according to claim 4.
  • the side grip elements according to claim 5 facilitate holding the blister pack in the hand during the opening process.
  • the paired stackable design of the blister pack according to claim 6 allows space-saving storage of several blister packs in a box or a similar overpack.
  • the blister pack consists of a base part B and a cover layer D.
  • the base part B comprises a cavity C, which accommodates a soft hydrophilic contact lens L and a sterile storage solution S suitable for the lens type, and an essentially flat flange 1, which is round on the outside extends around or surrounds the cavity C.
  • the likewise flat cover layer D is releasably sealed to the flange 1 in a sealing zone 2 which extends around the circumference of the cavity C.
  • the flange 1 is designed somewhat wider on one side of the cavity C and there has a grip area 3 which extends from the cavity C beyond the sealing zone 2 and is covered by a corresponding grip area 4 of the cover layer D.
  • the base part B or its flange 1 and the cover layer D are not sealed to one another, so that the cover layer can simply be lifted off the flange at this point and then removed further from the base part.
  • the two grip areas 3 and 4 of the flange 1 and the cover layer D serve as gripping means for separating the cover layer from the base part or its flange.
  • the cover layer D is shown partially removed from the base part.
  • the blister pack according to the invention fully corresponds to that known, for example, from US Pat. No. 4,691,820 already mentioned at the beginning conventional blister packs for contact lenses.
  • the base part B can be produced by injection molding or deep drawing, for example from polypropylene.
  • the cover layer D can be, for example, a laminate of an aluminum foil and a polypropylene foil.
  • the cover layer can carry a print with information about the contact lens contained in the pack or other information for the end user or the dealer.
  • the sealing of the cover layer with the base part or its flange can be carried out by applying temperature or ultrasound or by means of another suitable adhesive method.
  • Other suitable materials and methods for producing such a blister pack are known to the person skilled in the art and are described, for example, in the aforementioned US Pat. No. 4,691,820.
  • the design of the base part B or its flange 1 can best be seen from the top view according to FIG. 2.
  • the flat flange 1 has an approximately rectangular shape in the broadest sense and is delimited on both sides by two parallel, essentially straight edges 5 and 6. On its other two sides, the flange 1 is delimited by a curved front edge 7 and a curved rear edge 8.
  • the relative indications "front”, “rear” and “laterally” refer here and below to the longitudinal axis of the flange 1 or the blister pack defined by the center line M between the two straight boundary edges 5 and 6, with "front” the part of the flange 1 containing the grip area 3 is meant.
  • the rear region of the base part B or its flange 1 is to be understood as the region of the base part B or the flange 1 opposite the grip region 3 with respect to the cavity C.
  • the two straight boundary edges 5 and 6 are therefore on the side.
  • the top side is to be understood to mean the side of the base part B provided with the cover layer D, the bottom side corresponding to the side of the base part opposite the top side and facing away from the cover layer D.
  • the cavity C receiving the contact lens and the storage solution is arranged in the rear and middle area of the base part.
  • the cavity C consists of two sections that merge smoothly and continuously.
  • the first section of the Cavity C is an essentially spherical cap-shaped main space 11, the dimensions of which are selected such that it can hold contact lenses of all common sizes, but is not significantly larger than this.
  • a practical value of the diameter of the main space 11 measured in the plane E of the flange 1 is, for example, about 20 mm, a practical value for the depth of the main space measured with respect to the plane E of the flange 1 is about 6 mm.
  • the second section of the cavity C is an adjoining space 12, the shape of which can best be compared to that of a tapering or funnel-like groove which becomes narrower and flatter continuously in the direction away from the main space 11.
  • This adjoining room 12 adjoins the main room 11 laterally or, in the above terminology, at the front and, as already mentioned, merges smoothly into the latter.
  • the dividing line 13 entered in FIG. 2 between the two cavity sections is therefore not recognizable in reality.
  • the geometric spatial shape of the adjoining room 12 is such that the main room 11 and the adjoining room 12, that is to say the cavity C, have an asymmetrical drop-shaped contour 14 in the plane E of the flange 1.
  • the tip 14a of the "drop” lies approximately on the center line M or longitudinal axis of the base part and is directed forward against the grip area 3 of the flange 1.
  • the sealing zone 2 already mentioned is located around the circumference or the contour 14 of the cavity C. Because of the teardrop shape of the contour 14, the sealing zone 2 likewise has a tip 2a at which the peeling movement begins and facilitates this.
  • the teardrop shape of the cavity C allows the lens to be removed very easily and conveniently, with only an extremely small dead volume which cannot be taken up by the lens, so that only an extremely small amount of storage solution is required for safe storage of the lens.
  • its front area ie its grip area 3
  • its front area ie its grip area 3
  • the rounded tip 7c lies approximately in the middle between the center line M and the rectilinear lateral boundary edge 5.
  • the steeper flank 7a merges into a slightly concavely curved section 7d, to which the rectilinear lateral boundary edge 5 adjoins.
  • the two flanks 7a and 7b, the rounded tip 7c and the concave edge region 7d together form the curved one Boundary edge 7 of the front area 3 of the flange 1.
  • an opening 15 in the flange 1 of essentially oval or elliptical shape the longer axis of which is at an angle with the center line M. includes around 60 °.
  • the size of the opening 15 is dimensioned such that the finger ball of the person handling the blister pack can partially reach through it and in this way lifts the overlying grip area 4 of the cover layer D from the grip area 3 of the flange 1. This allows the cover layer D to be gripped comfortably and removed from the base part B.
  • the opening 15 provides a more secure grip when holding the blister pack in hand.
  • a front support element 16 Arranged in the grip area 3 of the flange 1 is a front support element 16 which is angled with respect to the plane E of the flange 1 and which extends on both sides of the rounded tip 7c of the grip area 3 into the flanks 7a and 7b of the front curved boundary edge 7 of the grip area 3 is inclined slightly outwards relative to a direction N perpendicular to the plane E of the flange 1.
  • the support element 16 has a lower boundary edge 16a parallel to the plane E of the flange 1 and two curved lateral boundary edges 16b and 16c.
  • the outward inclination of the support element 16 is less in the area of the steeper flank 7a of the grip area 3 and increases continuously in the direction of the flatter flank 7b of the grip area 3.
  • the minimum and maximum values of the outward inclination to the direction N of the normal to the plane E of the flange 1 are approximately 2-5 ° and 10-20 °.
  • a rear support element 17 is arranged approximately in the region of the center line M, which is angled at an angle of approximately 90-95 ° to the plane E of the flange 1 relative to the latter downwards (slightly outwards) and also one to the plane E of the flange 1 has a parallel lower boundary edge 17a.
  • the rear support element 17 is comparatively narrow.
  • the heights of the front and rear support elements 16 and 17 measured perpendicular to the plane E of the flange 1 are preferably of the same size and dimensioned such that an imaginary tangential plane T applied to their lower boundary edges 16a and 17a just touches or slightly touches the underside of the cavity C. lies below ( Figure 3).
  • the relatively wide front support element 16 and the relatively narrow rear support element 17 together form a type of tripod which gives the blister pack a high level of stability (tilt stability) when placed on a reasonably flat surface.
  • the rear support element 17 may possibly also be omitted, in which case the blister pack would be supported on the front support element 16 and the underside of the cavity C with approximately the same stability against tipping.
  • the front support element 16 can of course also be divided into two or more narrower elements, which overall have approximately the shape of the support element 16.
  • the front support element 16 also serves as a grip aid for the convenient and safe handling of the blister pack. Due to the shape of the base part, a user intuitively grips the blister pack by placing his index finger under the grip area 3 between the front support element 16 and the tip 14a of the drop-shaped cavity C and pressing his thumb against the front support element 16 from the outside.
  • the described special shape of the grip area 3 and the front support element 16 is very ergonomic and allows the blister pack to be held comfortably and securely while the cover layer D is pulled off the base part B.
  • two handle elements 18 and 19 are arranged on the base part B on both sides of the flange 1, approximately at the height of the greatest width of the cavity C, which are approximately at right angles to the plane of the flange 1 angled downward, but only about half as high as the two support elements 16 and 17.
  • the user holds the blister pack in principle with three fingers that press against the two handle elements 18 and 19 and the rear support element 17.
  • the blister pack according to the invention can be stacked in pairs.
  • Two blister packs or base parts B are interleaved with their undersides, the cavity C of one pack coming into the grip area 3 of the other pack and vice versa, i.e. the two packs are rotated by 180 ° and mutually longitudinally are only slightly offset.
  • the flanges 1 of the two packs are parallel. This way, several blister packs can be very space-saving in a common box or other packaging.
  • a particularly expedient development of the blister pack according to the invention consists in that several base parts, for example five base parts B1-B5 here according to FIG. 8, are strung together laterally and connected to one another by a common, continuous cover layer D '.
  • the cover layer D ' can be provided in the area of the parting lines between the individual base parts B1-B5 with predetermined breaking lines 20 for easier separation of the individual packs.
  • Such packs can also be stacked in pairs.
  • Packing composites of this type are particularly advantageous for so-called disposable contact lenses, e.g. one box can contain three times two units of five blister packs each.
  • the blister pack according to the invention is extremely handy, space-saving and stable, can be opened easily and conveniently, comes with an extremely small amount of storage solution and allows the contact lens contained in it to be removed particularly conveniently.

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  1. Emballage du type blister pour lentille optique, en particulier pour lentille de contact hydrophile molle, présentant une pièce de base (B) et une couche de revêtement (D), la pièce de base (B) présentant un espace creux (C) qui contient la lentille optique (L) et une solution de conservation stérile (S), ainsi qu'un rebord essentiellement plan (1), qui s'étend à l'extérieur autour de l'espace creux (C), la couche de revêtement (C) étant essentiellement plate et étant scellée de manière amovible avec le rebord (1) dans une zone de scellement (2) s'étendant sur la périphérie de l'espace creux (C), et où le rebord (1) présente une zone de saisie (3) s'étendant au moins d'un côté de l'espace creux (C) sur la zone de scellement (2), et qui est recouvert au moins partiellement d'une zone de saisie correspondante (4) de la couche de revêtement (D), mais n'est pas scellé avec elle, de manière que les zones de saisie (3,4) des rebords et de la couche de revêtement (D) forment des moyens de saisie pour séparer la couche de revêtement (D) d'avec le rebord (1), l'espace creux (C) présentant un espace principal (11) pour loger la lentille et un espace secondaire (12), caractérisé en ce que l'espace principal (11) est sensiblement en forme de calotte et présente un espace secondaire (12) qui s'y adjoint latéralement sensiblement sous la forme d'une rigole qui se rétrécit de façon continue de tous côtés en s'éloignant de l'espace principal (11), l'espace principal (11) débouchant de façon sensiblement régulière dans l'espace secondaire (12) et l'espace principal (11) et l'espace secondaire (12) présentant ensemble dans le plan (2) du rebord (1) un contour sensiblement en forme de goutte (14), dont la pointe (14a) est dirigée contre la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1).
  2. Emballage du type blister selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans la zone de prise (3) du rebord (1) est prévue une ouverture de préférence ovale (15), par laquelle la zone de saisie (4) de la couche de revêtement (2) peut être soulevée de la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1) qu'elle recouvre.
  3. Emballage du type blister selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rebord (1) est muni dans sa zone de saisie (3) d'au moins un élément d'appui antérieur (16) orienté vis-à-vis du plan (E) du rebord (1), et qui empêche l'emballage du type blister de basculer lorsqu'il est disposé sur une base plane.
  4. Emballage du type blister selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que sur le côté postérieur du rebord (1) opposé à la zone de saisie (3) par rapport à l'espace creux (C) est disposé au moins un élément d'appui (17) postérieur incliné par rapport au plan (E) du rebord (1).
  5. Emballage du type blister selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au bord du rebord (1) des deux côtés de l'espace creux (C) par rapport au plan (E) du rebord (1) sont disposés des éléments de saisie (18,19) repliés vis-à-vis du plan (E) du rebord (1) poour faciliter la manipulation.
  6. Emballage du type blister selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est configuré de manière à pouvoir être empilé par paires de manière que deux emballages du type blister puissent être empilés l'un contre l'autre inversés de 180° avec leurs côtés inférieurs l'un dans l'autre, l'espace creux (C) d'un emballage du type blister venant se mettre à chaque fois dans le domaine de la zone de saisie de l'autre emballage du type blister et les rebords (1) des deux emballages du type blister sont disposés parallèlement et de façon à n'être que peu décalés l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  7. Emballage du type blister selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rebord (1) dans sa zone de saisie (3) et dans sa zone postérieure par rapport à l'espace creux (C) est limité par un bord délimitant antérieur recourbé (7) ou par un bord délimitant postérieur recourbé (8) et, des deux côtés de l'espace creux (C), par deux bords limitants latéraux droits et parallèles (5,6).
  8. Emballage du type blister selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1 ) est configurée de manière asymétrique par rapport à une ligne médiane (M) qui court parallèlement au milieu entre les deux bords limitant (5,6), de manière que la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1) présente essentiellement la forme d'une dent de scie arrondie avec un flanc plus abrupt, moins dirigé vers la ligne médiane (M) (7a) et un flanc plus plat plus fortement dirigé vers la ligne médiane (M) (7b) et une pointe arrondie (7c) située entre eux.
  9. Emballage du type blister selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'appui antérieur (16) est disposé dans la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1) de manière qu'entre lui et l'espace creux (C) le doigt d'une personne manipulant l'emballage du type blister puisse trouver place et servir d'aide à la saisie.
  10. Emballage du type blister selon les revendications 8 et 9, caractérisé en ce que l'élément d'appui antérieur 16 s'étend des deux côtés de la pointe arrondie (7c) de la zone de saisie (3) du rebord (1) dans ces deux flancs (7a, 7b) et s'incline légèrement vers l'extérieur par rapport à une direction perpendiculaire (N) au plan (E) du rebord (1), l'élément d'appui (16 ) étant moins fortement orienté vers l'extérieur dans la zone du flanc plus abrupt (7a) de la zone de saisie (3) que dans la zone du flanc plus plat (7b) de la zone de saisie (3).
  11. Emballage du type blister selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que deux ou plusieurs pièces de base (B1-B5) sont disposées en série bord contre bord et sont reliées par une couche de revêtement D' continue commune.
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