EP1996471B1 - Upgraded disposable bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceuticals, medicines or cosmetics - Google Patents

Upgraded disposable bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceuticals, medicines or cosmetics Download PDF

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EP1996471B1
EP1996471B1 EP07705691A EP07705691A EP1996471B1 EP 1996471 B1 EP1996471 B1 EP 1996471B1 EP 07705691 A EP07705691 A EP 07705691A EP 07705691 A EP07705691 A EP 07705691A EP 1996471 B1 EP1996471 B1 EP 1996471B1
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Antonio Fontana
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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
    • 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
    • B65D1/09—Ampoules
    • B65D1/095—Ampoules made of flexible material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/05—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids ; Infusion or perfusion containers
    • A61J1/06—Ampoules or carpules

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  • This invention relates to a disposable bottle for fluid products according to the preamble of claim 1, particularly suitable for containing products of the pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic type, as disclosed in US 5 908 124 .
  • bottles made of polymeric material for packaging one or more doses of fluid, liquid or pasty products.
  • the known bottles can be of the re-closable or disposable type and generally comprise a containment body of a predetermined dose of product, substantially tubular and extended in shape, with one end having a neck, at the top of which a product dispensing mouth is defined.
  • the opposite end of the containment body has an opening for introducing the product, which is closed after filling, e.g. by soldering.
  • Closing means associated with the bottle in a removable way on the neck, permit closing the dispensing mouth.
  • the containment body and the closing means can be made separately, by means of shaping methods such as the injection moulding, and can then be assembled together or, alternatively, they can be made in a single body piece and then separated before being used by a user.
  • the containment body also has a pair of fins that make it easier for the user to hold the bottle, and which extend, in a totally opposite direction, from the outer side surface of the containment body.
  • the known bottles can be produced in single units or associated in series (strips); in this latter case, the fins of the containment bodies of two subsequent bottles are temporarily associated along predefined pre-breaking lines.
  • disposable bottles that, generally, comprise closing means having a shutter element which is associated, in a removable way, with the neck of the containment body, at the dispensing mouth, and along a pre-established pre-breaking area.
  • the containment body and the closing means are composed of a single body piece, by means of a single mold.
  • the shutter element and the dispensing mouth are connected together along the pre-breaking area (with the airtight closing of the dispensing mouth), which allows the detachment of the closing means from the containment body the first time the bottle is opened.
  • a disposable container of known type is disclosed by US 5908124 .
  • US 5908124 discloses a container comprising a squeezing tube provided with integral closing means.
  • the closing means are removable from the bottle neck along a line of weakness and comprises a tab that is connected to the bottle neck by means of an integral thin membrane.
  • the tab is suitable to be gripped by the user in order to rotate it for removing the closure means and opening the tube.
  • the known bottles can in fact be subject to tampering or accidental damage due, e.g., to knocks during the manufacturing, handling and transport phases, with consequent opening of the dispensing mouth and contamination of the product by external agents.
  • bottles can be upgraded in order to satisfy the requirement, established by increasingly more restrictive European standards, to insert information relating to the product on each single bottle (instead of on the entire strip and in addition to those commonly indicated on the pack and/or on additional printed leaflets).
  • Such information which can include, for example, information on product dosage, on the packaging and/or expiry date, etc., is generally stamped on the bottle gripping fins by printing or the application of labels or the like.
  • the remaining portions of the bottles are not generally suitable for inserting such information, because of the presence of particular elevations, shapes or edges.
  • the main aim of this invention is to provide a disposable bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceuticals, medicines or cosmetics, that allows achieving the above upgrading.
  • Another object of this invention is to cater for the above aims with a simple structure, of relatively practical implementation, safe to use and with effective operation, as well as having a relatively low cost.
  • an upgraded disposable bottle for fluid products with specific use for pharmaceutical, medicinal or cosmetic products has been globally designated by reference number 1.
  • the bottle 1 is normally made using polymeric materials, of the polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) type, and using shaping methods such as the injection moulding.
  • PE polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • the bottle 1 comprises a hollow containment body 2 for containing the product, substantially tubular and extended in shape, which extends at one end in a neck 3, at the top of which a dispensing mouth 4 is defined.
  • the neck 3 is substantially cylindrical, coaxial with the hollow body 2, and has a segment with cross-section substantially decreasing, towards the dispensing mouth 4.
  • an opening 5 is defined for introducing the product; the closing of the opening 5 (e.g., by soldering of the lips of the opening itself) is done once the product has been introduced.
  • the bottle 1 comprises closing means 6 having a shutter element 7 of the dispensing mouth 4, which is associated in a removable way with the neck 3, at the dispensing mouth 4, and along a pre-established pre-breaking area P.
  • the hollow body 2 and the closing means 6 therefore are made in a single body piece, without interruption, inside the same mould; the shutter element the dispensing mouth 4 are connected together along the pre-breaking area P, which permits the detachment of the closing means 6 from the hollow body 2 for the first opening of the bottle 1.
  • the closing means 6 comprise a grip 8 which, at a lower portion 8a, integrally supports the shutter element 7.
  • the shutter element 7 is substantially shaped like an overturned truncated cone, with the minor cross-section portion associated in a removable way with the dispensing mouth 4, by interposition of the above-mentioned pre-breaking area P, and the opposite end associated with the lower portion 8a.
  • the bottle 1 comprises tearable elements, composed of a pair of deformable braces 9 suitable for connecting, without interruption, the grip 8 to the neck 3 of the hollow body 4.
  • the braces 9 are arranged on opposite sides with respect to the longitudinal axis of the neck 4 (and of the shutter element 7), and have an end associated with the lower portion 8a, and the opposite end having a weakened section, which comprises, e.g., predefined breaking lines, and which is associated with the outer surface of the neck 3.
  • the grip 8 has a substantially plate-shaped upper portion 8b for supporting information, data or logos, of the type of information about the product dosage, illustrations on how to use the product, information about the product type or the expiry date of the product, etc.
  • the above indications are printed on a label 10, and the upper portion 8b of the grip 8 is shaped to define a substantially rectangular plane, (for example square) suitable for accommodating the label 10 itself with interposition of a layer of glue.
  • the label 10 is of the self-adhesive label type.
  • the information, the data and the logos can be impressed by printing directly on the upper portion 8b of the grip 8.
  • the bottles 1 can be produced in series to create subsequently packed and distributed strips.
  • each of the bottles 1 has a pair of gripping fins 11 defined as protruding and diametrically opposite to each other on the outer side surface of the hollow body 4.
  • the bottles 1 arranged successively are associated in a first predefined weakened area 12, composed of a pre-breaking line defined between the two adjacent grips 8, and along a second weakened area 13, composed of a pre-breaking line (of a lower cross-section, etc.) defined between the two adjacent gripping fins 11.
  • single labels 10 can be applied on the upper portions of each of the grips 8 of the bottles 1.
  • the label 10 can extend over the entire surface defined by the respective upper portions 8b of all the grips 8 of the strip.
  • the label 10 can comprise a breaking section, of the cut type, of an opportune shape, etc., defined at the cutting line that represents the first weakened area 12 between one grip 8 and the next.
  • the label 10 can comprise a plurality of pages folded over one another with interposition of respective breaking sections.
  • the label 10 is laid and applied (e.g., by interposition of glue) on the upper portions 8b of the adjacent grips 8, with arrangement of the breaking sections at respective first weakened areas 12.
  • the presence of the pair of braces also ensures the greater strength of the bottles and the greater rigidity of the strips during the manufacturing, handling or transport stages, further restricting the possibilities of product contamination as a result of damage.
  • a further advantage is offered by the particular shape of the upper portion of the grip which makes it easier to insert all the requested information (of different type and with different objects), in a readable way directly on the bottle, alternatively or in addition to the information commonly inserted on the gripping fins, on the pack or on separate printed leaflets.

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EP07705691A 2006-03-17 2007-03-13 Upgraded disposable bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceuticals, medicines or cosmetics Not-in-force EP1996471B1 (en)

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ITMO20060086 ITMO20060086A1 (it) 2006-03-17 2006-03-17 Flacone monouso perfezionato per prodotti fluidi, particolarmente farmaceutici, medicinali o cosmetici
PCT/IB2007/000596 WO2007107826A2 (en) 2006-03-17 2007-03-13 Upgraded disposable bottle for fluid products, particularly pharmaceuticals, medicines or costemics

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EP1996471A2 EP1996471A2 (en) 2008-12-03
EP1996471B1 true EP1996471B1 (en) 2012-10-10

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ITMO20130197A1 (it) 2013-07-09 2015-01-10 Lameplast Spa Procedimento per la fabbricazione di fiale per prodotti fluidi, particolarmente per prodotti medicali, farmaceutici, cosmetici, alimentari o simili.
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