EP2113466B1 - Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Tube aus antibakteriellem Kunststoffmaterial - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Tube aus antibakteriellem Kunststoffmaterial Download PDF

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EP2113466B1
EP2113466B1 EP08425297.2A EP08425297A EP2113466B1 EP 2113466 B1 EP2113466 B1 EP 2113466B1 EP 08425297 A EP08425297 A EP 08425297A EP 2113466 B1 EP2113466 B1 EP 2113466B1
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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
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/02—Body construction
    • B65D35/04—Body construction made in one piece
    • B65D35/08—Body construction made in one piece from plastics 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

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  • the present invention refers to a flexible tube made of an antibacterial plastic material of the type used to package cosmetics and/or creams for personal care, food pastes or pharmaceutical products like ointments and creams with a medicinal active ingredient.
  • an antibacterial product preferably consisting of nanometric silver (that is, silver powder in which the granules measure a few nanometres) of a commercially available type is added to the plastic material used to produce the tube.
  • the antiseptic and antibacterial properties of the silver are well known and have long been used in the medical field, but they have never been used, to the Applicant's knowledge, in the specific field of the flexible tubes for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or food products.
  • the bodies of the flexible tubes for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or food products are generally produced by extrusion of plastic materials, particularly polyethylene, with various densities and degrees of polymerisation.
  • tubes having a more or less smooth and shiny surface are obtained, which are then decorated and customised for the various products contained and for the various clients, with different types of printing, also starting from extruded articles which can be coloured in bulk with various shades and depths of colour.
  • the tubes can also be decorated with self-adhesive labels, which determine their aesthetic appearance.
  • Object of the present invention is to eliminate the possibility that such bacterial colonies might develop by providing a tube for cosmetic, pharmaceutical or food products that is able to destroy and to eliminate the bacterial flora in a short time and for the whole duration of use of the tube, and which maintains said antiseptic characteristic unchanged over time.
  • the Applicant has obtained a tube with the above mentioned antibacterial characteristics by adding an additive, preferably consisting of nanometric silver dispersed in pure polyethylene powder, to the plastic material (normally polyethylene or mixtures thereof) commonly used for the production of the tubes; the additive advantageously contains from 1.8 ⁇ to 2.5 ⁇ (preferably 2 ⁇ ) in weight of nanometric silver.
  • the mixture thus obtained is thoroughly homogenised, extruded and granulated to obtain the additive to be added to the polyethylene (or to mixtures thereof) to obtain tubes with the characteristics necessary to meet the requirements of various clients depending upon the content.
  • US 2006/207961 discloses water containers including a body made of several intertwined arced sidewalls, some or all of the sidewalls are provided with longitudinal grooves.
  • the body of the container includes several compartments namely a mouth, a neck, and a stem comprising shoulders, a waist, and a base.
  • the compartments have dimensions that maintain a constant mathematical ratio in compliance with the golden phi ratio with respect to each other.
  • EP 1616549 A1 discloses a drug solution filling plastic ampoule having gas, steam and light ray barrier properties, a drug permeation preventing capability and an absorption/adsorption preventing capability said plastic ampoule including a container body (11), a fusion-bonded portion (13) which seals a mouth (12) of the container body, and a wrench-off holder tab (14) connected to the fusion-bonded portion.
  • US 6179141 discloses a container assembly provided with an antibacterial agent against "slow-leak” bacteria, comprising a container such as a plastic bottle which has a mouth portion having a rim; and a seal member such as a crown cap fitted to the mouth portion at the rim, wherein at least either a surface portion of the rim or the rim-contacting surface portion of the seal member includes an antibacterial agent such as silver zeolite in the form of a coating or a liner.
  • EP 1795449 A1 disclsoes a flat container molded by blow molding, in which the wall thickness of a container wall is made uniform, the flat container having a flatness ratio of not less than 1.3, and a body wall thickness ratio of a maximum wall thickness to a minimum wall thickness of not more than 1.6, a difference in elongation between a maximally stretched portion and a minimally stretched portion of not more than 150% in a tensile test at 95 DEG C, a crystallinity of not less than 30%, and a difference in TMA non-load change between a maximally stretched portion and a minimally stretched portion of not more than 500 [mu]m at 75 DEG C and 100 DEG C.
  • KR 10 200 500 28 251 A discloses an airtight container comprising nanosilver particles mixed in plastic resin powder in a proportion of 200-600 ppm.
  • the additive thus obtained is added, in the extrusion stage, to the plastic material (polyethylene or mixtures thereof) in a percentage between 4.8% and 5.5% (preferably 5%) in weight of the plastic material.
  • the mixture for extrusion can be obtained by adding to the plastic material from 70 to 135 (preferably 100) parts per million in weight of nanometric silver.
  • the production by extrusion of the tubes produced according the present invention is done by using the apparatuses and the manufacturing methods that are used to produce a normal polyethylene tube since careful theoretical studies and experimental tests performed by the Applicant have shown that the addition of the additive to the polyethylene (or to the mixtures thereof) does not change its behaviour during the production of the tubes.
  • the cap closing the tube is advantageously made of a plastic material suited to the purpose like a high-density polypropylene or a polyethylene with an anti-bacterial product added.

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  1. Verfahren zum Erhalten einer flexiblen Tube zum Verpacken von Kosmetika und/oder Cremen für die Hautpflege, Nahrungsmittelpasten oder pharmazeutische Produkte wie Salben und Cremen mit einem medizinischen Wirkstoff,
    wobei die Tube aus einem Kunststoffmaterial gefertigt ist, das aus Polyethylen oder Mischungen davon besteht und pulverförmiges nanometrisches Silber als antibakterielles Produkt enthält,
    wobei das Verfahren aus den folgenden Schritten besteht des
    - Herstellens eines Zusatzmittels in Form von Granulat, das 1,8 ‰ bis 2,5 ‰, auf das Gewicht bezogen, pulverförmiges nanometrisches Silber enthält, durch Dispergieren des pulverförmigen nanometrischen Silbers in einer Menge von 1,8 ‰ bis 2,5 ‰, auf das Gewicht des pulverförmigen nanonetrischen Silbers bezogen, in reinem Polyethyenpulver, um eine Mischung zu erhalten,
    - dann Homogenisierens, Extrudierens und Granulierens der Mischung, um das Zusatzmittel zu erhalten,
    - Hinzugebens, während der Extrusionsstufe, des so erhaltenen Zusatzmittels in Form von Granulat zu dem Kunststoffmaterial in einer Menge von 4,8 % bis 5,5 %, auf das Gewicht des Kunststoffmaterials bezogen, ohne das Verhalten des Kunststoffmaterials während der Herstellung der Tube zu verändern,
    wobei die Tube eine antibakterielle Verschlusskappe umfasst, die aus Polypropylen oder Polyethylen mit einem zugegebenen antibakteriellen Produkt gefertigt ist.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Zusatzmittel 2 ‰, auf das Gewicht bezogen, nanometrisches Silber enthält.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Zusatzmittel 5 %, auf das Gewicht bezogen, des Kunststoffmaterials ausmacht.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das pulverförmige nanometrische Silber, das dem Kunststoffmaterial hinzugegeben wird, 100 Teile pro Million (0,1 ‰), auf das Gewicht bezogen, des Kunststoffmaterials ausmacht.
  5. Anwendung des Verfahrens nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 4 zum Verpacken von Kosmetika und/oder Cremen für die Hautpflege, Nahrungsmittelpasten oder pharmazeutische Produkte wie Salben und Cremen mit einem medizinischen Wirkstoff, bestehend aus dem Verpacken der Kosmetika und/oder Cremen für die Körperpflege, Nahrungsmittelpasten oder pharmazeutische Produkte wie Salben und Cremen mit einem medizinischen Wirkstoff.
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ES08425297.2T ES2473619T3 (es) 2008-04-29 2008-04-29 Tubo flexible fabricado en un material plástico antibacteriano, especialmente para el envasado de productos cosméticos, farmacéuticos y alimenticios
PL08425297T PL2113466T3 (pl) 2008-04-29 2008-04-29 Sposób wytwarzania tubki z antybakteryjnego materiału plastikowego
PT84252972T PT2113466E (pt) 2008-04-29 2008-04-29 Processo de fabrico de um tubo à base de material plástico antibacteriano
EP08425297.2A EP2113466B1 (de) 2008-04-29 2008-04-29 Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Tube aus antibakteriellem Kunststoffmaterial

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