EP1507742B1 - Vorrichtung zum füllen eines flexiblen beutels - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum füllen eines flexiblen beutels Download PDF

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EP1507742B1
EP1507742B1 EP03755995A EP03755995A EP1507742B1 EP 1507742 B1 EP1507742 B1 EP 1507742B1 EP 03755995 A EP03755995 A EP 03755995A EP 03755995 A EP03755995 A EP 03755995A EP 1507742 B1 EP1507742 B1 EP 1507742B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
    • B67D7/02—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes for transferring liquids other than fuel or lubricants
    • B67D7/0238—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes for transferring liquids other than fuel or lubricants utilising compressed air or other gas acting directly or indirectly on liquids in storage containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0029—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers

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  • the present invention relates to a device for filling a flexible bag.
  • the invention finds a particularly advantageous, but not exclusive, application in the field of liquid injection for medical use.
  • the injection of liquid is commonly used especially during transfusion operations, perfusion, artificial nutrition by the venous or digestive system, injection of contrast liquid, etc.
  • the high pressure injection of liquid packaged in flexible pouch is one of the most adapted to the medical environment because of the satisfactory hygiene it provides.
  • the principle consists in using a flexible pouch which, as its name suggests, is conventionally constituted of a pouch of flexible material containing on the one hand a medical liquid to be injected and on the other hand a reversible connection fitting .
  • This connection is connected, possibly via an intermediate pipe of adequate length, to a removable injection conduit such as a catheter or a hypodermic needle.
  • the flexible bag is then placed in an enclosure containing an inert liquid that can be pressurized in order to deform the bag, thereby forcing the liquid to flow through the injection conduit, where appropriate via the intermediate pipe.
  • the filling infuser conventionally comprises two ducts.
  • the first conduit connects its distal end which is intended to be connected to any external device at its proximal end which is intended to be connected to the internal volume of the flexible bag.
  • the second conduit connects said distal end to an air intake to the outside and generally coupled to a filter impermeable to the liquid.
  • the infuser When filling the flexible bag, the infuser is simply held vertical, so that its distal end is oriented upwards so that the latter can be pressed into the cap of the supply container oriented downwards.
  • the air intake can then play its full role by allowing an air inlet inside the supply container, via the second conduit, and consequently the flow of liquid out of said supply container, by the first leads. The liquid will then flow into the fitting and fill the flexible bag.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the object of the present invention is to provide a device for filling a flexible bag, intended to introduce a liquid into a flexible bag connected to a filling infuser provided with a plug. air, filling device that would avoid the problems of the state of the art by allowing a significant acceleration of the flow of liquid in the flexible bag and thus a fast filling.
  • the supply container is conventionally connected to the flexible bag by the filling infuser, so that the liquid can flow by gravity.
  • the air intake which is also connected to the supply container communicates with compression means capable of supplying pressurized air inside said container.
  • compression means capable of supplying pressurized air inside said container.
  • the implementation of these compression means will therefore increase the pressure of the air in the supply container. This pressure will then push the liquid through the only accessible flow orifice, that is to say that formed in the infusor and leading to the flexible bag.
  • the filling is then advantageously accelerated.
  • the present invention also relates to the features which will emerge during the following description, which should be considered in isolation or in all their possible technical combinations.
  • the figure 1 illustrates a flexible bag (100) ready to be used with a filling device (1) object of the present invention, that is to say that the flexible bag (100) is coupled to a filling infuser (110).
  • the flexible pouch (100) is conventionally made of a pouch (101) made of flexible material and intended to contain a medical liquid to be injected.
  • the bag (101) is provided with a reversible connection fitting (102), here comprising a pipe (103) at the end of which a nut (104) is rotatably mounted.
  • the reversible connection fitting (102) can thus cooperate by screwing with a thread (111) formed at the proximal end (112) of the removable filling perfume (110).
  • the filling infuser (110) is equally conventional with two ducts (114, 115).
  • the first conduit (114) connects its distal end (113) which is intended to be connected to any external device, at its proximal end (112) which is intended to be connected to the internal volume of the flexible pouch (100), via the reversible link connection (102).
  • the second duct (115) connects the distal end (113) to an external air intake (116) on the outside and provided with a filter (117) impermeable to the liquid but of course permeable to the liquid. 'air.
  • the filling infuser (110) further includes a pair of support tabs (118) laterally disposed in opposition to each other and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said fill infuser (110).
  • the figure 2 illustrates further the role of the infusor (110) in a conventional filling operation.
  • the filling infuser (110) is held vertically so that its distal end (113) facing upwards; the pocket (101) not shown here for just below.
  • a supply container (200) containing a liquid (201) is directed downwards, so that it can be coupled to the filling infuser (110) via its plug (202) through which is depressed the distal end (113) of said fill infuser (110).
  • the plug (202) is made of a sufficiently soft material to allow the introduction of the distal portion (113), advantageously formed in the form of a tip.
  • the air intake (116) can then play its full role and allow an air inlet inside the supply container (200) via the second conduit (115); the filter (117) preventing the flow of the liquid (201) outwards.
  • the flow of liquid (201) out of said supply container (200), through the first conduit (114), can be achieved, thereby allowing the filling of the flexible bag (100).
  • the figure 3 illustrates a filling device (1) according to the invention, that is to say intended to introduce a liquid (201) contained in a supply container (200) into a flexible bag (100) provided with a filling infuser (110) itself having an air intake (116).
  • the filling device (1) is provided with fixing means (10) for positioning the flexible bag (100) in such a way that the distal end (113) of the filling infuser (110) is facing up.
  • the filling device (1) also comprises holding means (20) for positioning a supply container (200) in the vertical position of the flexible bag (100) in a position such that the liquid (201) can be gravity flow when said feed container (200) is conventionally connected to the fill infuser (110).
  • the filling device (1) is furthermore provided with compression means (30) for the air, constituted here by a flexible balloon (31) compressible via a pivoting pedal (32).
  • the filling device (1) comprises connecting means (40) connecting the compression means (30) and the air intake (116) of the filling infusor (110).
  • the fastening means (10) are able to cooperate by interlocking with at least a portion of the filling perfuser (110).
  • the maintenance is thus advantageously performed on a truly rigid portion of the flexible bag (100).
  • the fastening means (10) comprise a fixing recess (11) of substantially complementary to the proximal portion (112) of the filling infusor (110).
  • the fastening means (10) further comprise a vertical through opening (12) extending between the fixing recess (11) and the outside.
  • This vertical through opening (12) is adapted to allow the passage of the vertically oriented filling infuser (110), and in particular its proximal portion (112), when it is placed in the insertion recess (11), by insertion following a substantially horizontal direction.
  • the fastening means (10) finally comprise a horizontal through slot (13) extending between the fixing recess (11) and the outside, the horizontal through slot (13) being able to allow the lateral support tabs to pass therethrough (118) when placing the filling infuser (110) in the fixing recess (11) by insertion in a substantially horizontal direction.
  • the holding means (20) comprise in turn a holding recess (21) of substantially complementary shape to the end of the supply container (200) carrying the plug (202).
  • the holding recess (21) has a cylindrical shape whose diameter is substantially complementary to the necks of the most commonly used feed bottles.
  • the holding means (20) are positioned in the direct vicinity of the fastening means (10) since they are respectively intended to cooperate with the supply container (200) and the filling infusor (110) when they are connected between them.
  • the means of maintenance (20) has a vertical through slot (22) extending between the holding recess (21) and the outside. This vertical through slot (22) is adapted to allow the passage of the distal portion (113), oriented vertically, during the introduction of the filling infusor (110) into the fixing recess (11), by inserting next a substantially horizontal direction.
  • the vertical through slot (22) and the vertical through opening (12) are directly communicating with each other.
  • the compression means (30) comprise a flexible balloon (31) compressible via a pivoting pedal (32).
  • connection means (40) comprise a pipe (41) connecting the flexible balloon (31) to a vent (42) able to cooperate by interlocking with the air intake (116) of the filling infuser (110). ).
  • the Figures 5 to 8 the operation of the filling device (1) according to the invention.
  • all filling operation begins with the introduction of the flexible bag (100) coupled to its filling infusor (110).
  • the latter vertically oriented, proximal portion (113) upwards and air intake (116) forward, is introduced horizontally through simultaneously the vertical through opening (12), the horizontal through slot (13) and the slot vertical crossing (22).
  • the end of the air intake (116) is then nested in the complementary shaped vent (42) and the distal portion (113) of the filling infuser (110) extends axially into the holding recess ( 21), forming the holding means (20).
  • the supply container (200) is then presented vertically, and plug (202) downward, towards the holding means (20).
  • the stopper (202) is then pressed firmly onto the distal portion (113) of the infusion infuser (110) until the full position of the neck of the supply container (200) is in the holding recess (21).
  • the compression means (30) are simply in the form of a flexible balloon (33) manually compressible.
  • the invention also relates to any filling system comprising at least two filling devices (1) as previously described.
  • Configuration with two filling devices (1) combined, such as the systems shown in Figures 3 to 9 is particularly advantageous when it is necessary to simultaneously fill two single bags or a double bag with two liquids. This is the case, for example, with gadolinium and physiological saline bags.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
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  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
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  1. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) zum Einbringen einer Flüssigkeit in den flexiblen Beutel (100), welcher an einen mit einem Lufteinlass (116) versehenen Befüllperfusor (110) angeschlossen ist, wobei die Befülleinrichtung (1) umfasst:
    - Befestigungsmittel (10) zum Befestigen des flexiblen Beutels (100), die geeignet sind, das distale Ende (113) des Befüllperfusors (110) nach oben auszurichten,
    - Haltemittel (20) zum Halten eines die einzubringende Flüssigkeit (201) enthaltenden Versorgungsbehälters (200), wobei die Haltemittel (20) geeignet sind, den Versorgungsbehälter (200) in einer solchen Lage zu positionieren, dass die Flüssigkeit (201) durch Gravitation ausströmt, wenn der Versorgungsbehälter (200) an den Befüllperfusor (110) angeschlossen ist;
    - Komprimierungsmittel (30) zum Komprimieren der Luft,
    - Verbindungsmittel (40), welche die Komprimierungsmittel (30) und den Lufteinlass (116) des Befüllperfusors (110) miteinander verbinden.
  2. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungsmittel (10) geeignet sind, durch Ineinanderstecken mit mindestens einem Abschnitt des Befüllperfusors (110) zusammenzuwirken.
  3. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungsmittel (10) eine Befestigungsausnehmung (11) umfassen, die zum proximalen Teil (112) des Befüllperfusors (110) im Wesentlichen komplementär ausgestaltet ist.
  4. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungsmittel (10) eine vertikale Durchgangsöffnung (12) umfassen, die sich zwischen der Befestigungsausnehmung (11) und der Außenseite erstreckt, wobei die vertikale Durchgangsöffnung (12) geeignet ist, den Durchgang des Befüllperfusors (110) bei seinem Einsetzen in die Befestigungsausnehmung (11) durch Einführung in im Wesentlichen horizontaler Richtung zu gestatten.
  5. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Befestigungsmittel (10) einen horizontalen Durchgangsspalt (13) umfassen, der sich zwischen der Befestigungsausnehmung (11) und der Außenseite erstreckt, wobei der horizontale Durchgangsspalt (13) geeignet ist, den Durchgang seitlicher Halterungen (118) beim Einsetzen des Befüllperfusors (110) in die Befestigungsausnehmung (11) durch Einführung in im Wesentlichen horizontaler Richtung zu gestatten.
  6. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltemittel (20) eine Halteausnehmung (21) umfassen, die zum Ende des Versorgungsbehälters (200), auf dem der Verschluss (202) sitzt, mit einer im Wesentlichen komplementären Form ausgestaltet ist.
  7. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Halteausnehmung (21) eine zylindrische Form aufweist.
  8. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Haltemittel (20) einen vertikalen Durchgangsspalt (22) umfassen, der sich zwischen der Halteausnehmung (21) und der Außenseite erstreckt, wobei der vertikale Durchgangsspalt (22) geeignet ist, den Durchgang des distalen Teils (113) des Befüllperfusors (110) beim Einsetzen des Befüllperfusors (110) in die Befestigungsausnehmung (11) durch Einführung in im Wesentlichen horizontaler Richtung zu gestatten.
  9. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der vertikale Durchgangsspalt (22) und die vertikale Durchgangsöffnung (12) direkt miteinander kommunizieren.
  10. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Komprimierungsmittel (30) einen flexiblen Ballon (33), der manuell komprimierbar ist, umfassen.
  11. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Komprimierungsmittel (30) einen über ein schwenkbares Pedal (32) komprimierbaren flexiblen Ballon (33) umfassen.
  12. Kombination aus einer Befülleinrichtung (1) und einem flexiblen Beutel (100) nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verbindungsmittel (40) eine Leitung (41) umfassen, welche die Komprimierungsmittel (30) mit einem Luftauslass (42) verbindet, der geeignet ist, durch Ineinanderstecken mit dem Lufteinlass (116) des Befüllperfusors (110) zusammenzuwirken.
  13. System zum Befüllen von flexiblen Beuteln (100), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es mindestens zwei Kombinationen aus Befülleinrichtungen (1) nach irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche umfasst.
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