EP3049045A1 - Food arrangement - Google Patents
Food arrangementInfo
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- EP3049045A1 EP3049045A1 EP14771339.0A EP14771339A EP3049045A1 EP 3049045 A1 EP3049045 A1 EP 3049045A1 EP 14771339 A EP14771339 A EP 14771339A EP 3049045 A1 EP3049045 A1 EP 3049045A1
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- Prior art keywords
- container
- membrane
- connector
- filler neck
- food
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of a food arrangement comprising a container filled with a liquid nutritional substance for the clinical nutrition and a method for producing and filling such a nutritional arrangement.
- the solution filled and sealed container is subjected to a final steam sterilization.
- the containers which are provided in particular as a bottle and or bag, heated with the enteral solutions after filling in an autoclave.
- Connecting part is closed with a twist-off tamper-evident closure.
- a pierceable membrane is arranged in the connection part. The membrane is prior to putting the packaging into use, i. not yet removed
- the invention has for its object to provide a container for receiving an enteral nutritional solution and a method for producing such a filled container, which reduce or even avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.
- the present invention is based on the idea of providing a container for an enteral feeding agent, the interior of which is sterile and hermetically sealed from the environment.
- a sterile enteral nutritional supplement is then filled under aseptic conditions into the sterile interior of the container.
- the container is sealed under aseptic conditions.
- the present invention relates to a
- a closure connected to the connector here preferably as a tamper-evident closure, which closes the filler neck of the connector, preferably aseptically.
- Tamper evident closure is still in its original condition. That is, he has not been removed yet.
- the container has not been opened yet.
- the technical advantage is achieved that a germ-free Food arrangement is provided, without a final autoclaving of the entire filled container is required.
- the membrane Before being filled with a filling nozzle, the membrane is pierced or broken or torn or cut open or cut open by the filling nozzle itself or by a separate component, in particular a separate mandrel, and thereby opened.
- the membrane remains open after opening and / or filling.
- the membrane in this embodiment is a non-resealable membrane. Preferably, it is substantially plastically deformable.
- the membrane is a plastic membrane.
- the technical advantage is achieved that it can be produced in a simple and energy-saving manner.
- the membrane is formed integrally with the filler neck.
- the membrane is injected into the filler neck.
- the membrane closes after puncturing and / or filling.
- the membrane is a resealable membrane in this embodiment.
- this membrane can also be considered the process of piercing.
- the membrane is substantially elastically deformable, for example a
- the membrane may be, for example, a pre-slit membrane.
- the slot can be continuous or only partially through the Extend membrane. In both variants, the membrane is closed, before and after piercing.
- the membrane may be inserted into the filler neck or preassembled in the filler neck.
- the container is a plastic bag.
- the bag is a stand-up pouch.
- the connector comprises a welding section for welding the connector to the container.
- the filler neck comprises a circumferential detent groove for locking the closure.
- the technical advantage is achieved, for example, that a liquid, air and germproof cover of the filler neck is achieved by simply placing the closure.
- the filler neck may comprise an external thread for unscrewing the closure. As a result, for example, the technical advantage is achieved that unintentional release of the closure is prevented.
- the closure is by a
- a closure is used, through which the originality of the food can be ensured.
- a reclosable septum is disposed between the membrane and the closure. As a result, the filler neck is sealed again after removal of the solution and a multiple removal of the solution allows.
- the reclosable septum may also be referred to as a, preferably further, resealable membrane.
- the invention relates to a method for producing a food arrangement with a liquid food.
- the method comprises the following steps: providing a container for a liquid food with a connector inserted into or onto the container, which has a membrane which hermetically seals an interior space formed in the container, the interior of the container being sterile or sterilized, at least sterilizing an outer side of the membrane of the container provided with the sterile or sterilized internal space, and in particular an inlet channel of the connector above the membrane, preferably in an aseptic environment, piercing or opening the sterilized membrane in an aseptic environment, filling the container with a sterile food via the Connector with the sterilized and pierced membrane by means of a filling nozzle in an aseptic
- a closure here preferably as a tamper-evident closure, on the connector with the pierced membrane in one or the aseptic environment.
- the technical advantage is achieved that an aseptic or sterile filling of the container in a particularly simple and
- the sterilized or exposed components or areas and / or the steps performed in a sterile environment are referred to as sterile.
- the aseptic or aseptic or aseptic or germ-free environment is defined as requirements or standards to be met for enteral clinical nutrition. A microbiological safety and a sufficiently long shelf life of the product must be guaranteed.
- the, preferably substantially all, reproducible microorganisms killed.
- the aim of aseptic preparation is to preserve the sterility of the food arrangement composed of sterilized components.
- the pH of the enteral nutrition to be filled is in one embodiment in a range of 6 to 7.
- the closure cap is provided in a sterile condition in the aseptic environment and then placed on the connector.
- the aseptic environment may be an aseptic zone closed to the environment in which only the connector or part of the connector of the container to be filled is contained.
- the container to be provided with the inserted connector is provided as an empty container.
- An empty container is a container that is not yet filled with the enteral nutrition solution.
- the container to be provided is provided as a hermetically sealed container. The interior of the container is closed to the environment.
- the membrane is pierced by the filling nozzle.
- the technical advantage is achieved, for example, that pierced with the same component, first the membrane and opened and then the container is filled.
- the membrane can pierced with a mandrel and thus opened and then the container can be filled with the filling nozzle.
- the step of sterilizing the membrane comprises sterilization by means of a steam pulse and / or by means of hydrogen peroxide.
- the technical advantage is achieved that particularly suitable means for sterilizing the membrane are used and germs are reliably killed.
- the membrane is partially or completely sterilized. Together with the membrane also the filler neck, in particular the inner portion of the filler neck is partially or completely sterilized.
- the inventive method for producing the food arrangement described above and below can be carried out with all method steps in one place.
- the container can also initially be made in one place and the container interior can be sterilized and then transported to a filling plant at another location.
- the method therefore comprises the step of producing the container to be provided by connecting, preferably welding, the connector to the container in order to produce a hermetically sealed connection between the connector and the container.
- the method comprises the step of sterilizing the manufactured container to germs within the
- Container can be provided germ-free.
- the preparation and the filling of the container can take place at intervals and / or at different locations.
- the sterilization of the container produced comprises irradiation, preferably by means of ionizing radiation, and / or gassing of the container in order to kill germs within the container.
- the invention relates to an empty bag as
- the empty bag includes a connector that integrates with a pierceable and preferably with the connector
- An empty bag is a bag that is not yet filled with the enteral nutrition solution.
- the interior of the blank bag is closed to the environment.
- the outside of the bag can be exposed to the environment, but the interior of the empty bag remains germ-free.
- such an empty bag may be transported under ambient conditions and without being separately packaged to a filling station located at a different location.
- the empty bags can be transported, for example, in the folded state with high packing density and thus cost.
- Figure 1 is a view of a container with inserted connector.
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a connector
- Figure 4 is a view of a food arrangement; and 5 is a flowchart of a method for aseptic
- the connector 103 is a connection system which serves, for example, firstly for mechanical connection and connection to a filling device (not shown) for filling the container 101 with a foodstuff and secondly for removing the foodstuff.
- the connector 103 is liquid-tightly connected to the container 101 for this purpose.
- the connector 103 serves for placing a closure 109, in order to prevent penetration of germs after filling of the container 101.
- the connector 103 is formed for example by a plastic molding.
- the container 101 is shown as a plastic bag.
- the side edges of the plastic bag 101 are welded.
- the connector 103 is also welded into the side edges of the plastic bag 101.
- the container may be constituted by any device capable of containing a liquid food and which may be sterilized from the outside, such as a container, a plastic bottle, a plastic tank or a rubber bag, and in particular the requirements for storage a clinical enteral nutritional product.
- the container 101 is the liquid food.
- the liquid nutritional agent is, for example, a solution for enteral nutrition. Contamination of the enteral nutritional agent with germs should therefore be prevented as far as possible in order not to cause infection of a patient.
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the connector 103.
- the connector 103 comprises a filler neck 105 with a locking groove 111 running around it, a welding section 117 and an inner filler neck 113 with spacer wings.
- the filler neck 105 is used to fill the container 101 by means of a filling device 150, not shown here, and / or for removing the
- a filling nozzle in the interior of the
- the filler neck 105 may include an external thread, so that the closure can be screwed.
- the welding portion 117 serves to weld the connector 103 to the container 101, so that at this point also a hermetically sealed connection is formed, which prevents the ingress of germs.
- the inner filler neck 113 of the connector 103 lies in the edge region of the
- the inner filler neck 113 runs in the interior of the welding section 117.
- the welding section 117 comprises two spacer wings which prevent the container 101, which here is formed for example by a plastic bag, from laying in front of the inner filler neck 113 and blocking it.
- spacer ribs are arranged on the spacer wings.
- FIGS. 3.a to 3.e each show a schematic cross-sectional view through the connector 103 in different views or process stages.
- 3.a shows a cross-sectional view through the connector 103 shown in FIG. 2.
- the filler neck 105 of the connector 103 comprises in its interior a closed membrane 107.
- the membrane 107 is a
- the membrane 107 is shown here in the embodiment of a plastic membrane.
- the plastic membrane 107 may be injected into the filler neck 105.
- the plastic membrane is integrally formed here with the connector 103.
- the welding portion 117 of the connector 103 is formed around the inner fitting 113.
- the inlet channel 119 of the filler neck 105 is narrower in the illustrated example than the outlet channel 115 of the inner filler neck 113 ,
- the filling nozzle can be guided through the narrower inlet channel 119.
- the liquid inlet channel 119 Through the wider outlet passage 115, the liquid
- FIG. 1 At least the interior of the connector 103, which is formed by the outer side of the membrane 107 and the inside of the inlet channel 119, is cleaned, in particular sterilized.
- a cleaning nozzle 160 is used.
- Cleaning nozzle 160 preferably flows water vapor and / or
- FIG. 3.c shows the connector 103 from FIG. 3.b with pierced, opened membrane 107 and inserted filling nozzle 150.
- the membrane 107 is pierced by means of the filling nozzle 150, so that in the
- Membrane 107 or in the connector 103 forms an opening.
- the membrane 107 is pushed aside. Thereafter, the filling of the container 101 takes place by means of the filling nozzle 150.
- the filling nozzle 150 has in the front region, which projects into the filler neck 105, an outlet opening 152 for the liquid
- the filling nozzle 150 at least The filling nozzle 150 is here used both for filling the container 101 and for opening the membrane 107, the membrane 107 has, for example, a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, preferably from 0, 1 mm to 0.3 mm. This thickness of the membrane 107 on the one hand provides sufficient tightness. On the other hand, a membrane 107 with such a thickness can still be easily pierced through the filling nozzle 150.
- the filling nozzle 150 here provides a stop 153 which comes to bear against the end faces of the connector 103. Preferably, the stop 153 is sealingly against the end faces of the connector 103. As a result, the interior of the container 101 is shielded again.
- the liquid food can be filled with pressure into the container 101, in particular without affecting the environment by the liquid food.
- FIG. 3.d shows the connector 103 with pierced, opened membrane 107 after the filling process.
- the filling nozzle 150 is removed.
- the membrane 107 in this embodiment is a non-resealable membrane.
- the membrane 107 is pierced, broken here. Thereby, a passage is provided in the connector 103.
- the membrane 107 is still with the
- the membrane 107 is movably connected to or attached to the filler neck 105.
- This compound may be, for example, a hinged connection. He can be made a kind of movie hinge. In an embodiment not shown here, the
- the membrane 107 After removing the filling nozzle 150, fold the membrane 107 back up into the starting position and form a kind of closure. In another embodiment, not shown here, the membrane 107 may be closed again after removal of the filling nozzle 150.
- the membrane 107 in such an embodiment is a resealable membrane.
- closure 109 After filling, the closure 109 is placed in an aseptic environment. This is shown schematically in FIG. An aseptic
- the aseptic environment may be provided, for example, by clean room conditions and / or a defined atmosphere of a gas, such as nitrogen become.
- the aseptic environment may be in a sealed environment and / or by a defined gas flow
- the entire food arrangement 100 or only parts thereof, in particular the connector 103 can be arranged in this aseptic environment. If, for example, only the connector 103 and an adjacent part of the container 101 or only the connector 103 or even only a portion of the connector 103 are arranged in the aseptic environment, a time, space and cost reduced filling can be made possible.
- the cleaning of the connector 103, the opening of the membrane 107, the filling of the container 101 with the nutritional solution and / or the closing of the connector 103 can take place in the aseptic environment.
- the closure 109 is a closure cap, which is plugged or turned on the connector 103. Between the connector 103 and the
- Closure 109 is a self-sealing resealable septum 120.
- the septum 120 is made of an elastic material.
- the septum 120 may be provided inside the closure 109, for example.
- the septum 120 is clamping between the
- Cap 109 and the connector 103, in particular the end faces of the connector 103 is clamped.
- the septum 120 allows a
- the septum 120 may be slit at least in sections. In one embodiment, the septum 120 is slit continuously from the outside to the inside.
- the closure 109 is a tamper-evident closure.
- Tamper-evident closure is a closure by which the originality and integrity of the nutritional assembly 100 and nutritional product can be assessed.
- the tamper-evident closure 109 here comprises, on the one hand, a base part 109b for latching or snapping-in connection with the connector 103.
- the tamper-evident closure comprises a break-off and / or twist-off part 109a, which has a predetermined breaking point 109c with the breaker Base part 109b is connected.
- the distance D between the bottom of the septum 120 and the top of the membrane 107 is sized so that the function of reclosing the septum 120 is not or not substantially impaired. Furthermore, the previously already opened membrane 107, in particular by the restoring force formed by the film hinge, supports the support of the spike through the septum 120.
- the distance D is in particular in a range of 3 mm to 20 mm, preferably from 5 mm to 10 mm ,
- the closure 109 may also include a removal device for removing the nutritional agent from the container 101, such as a user operable outlet or faucet.
- FIG. 4 shows the entire food arrangement 100 after a filling of the container 101 and after the closure 109 has been placed on the connector 103. In this state, the penetration of germs in the
- Connector 103 are prevented by the shutter 109.
- the section of the container 101 with the inserted connector 103 and the applied closure 109 is shown here photographically, the rest of the container 101, however, is shown schematically.
- the closure 109 still has a thread 109d.
- a sampling system e.g. a transfer system with a spike, securely fastened by screwing to the connector 109 and the container 101.
- FIG. 5 shows a flow chart of a method for aseptically filling the food arrangement 100.
- a first step S101 the membrane 107 containing
- Connector 103 and the container 101 welded together.
- the interior of the container 101 is hermetically sealed.
- the connector 103 is welded to a plastic bag, so that the plastic bag is hermetically sealed.
- the still empty interior of the container 101 is hermetically sealed.
- the preparation of the container 101 may take place under non-aseptic conditions. The interior of the container 101 produced is thus initially not germ-free.
- a second step S102 the empty container 101 is sterilized with a welded-in connector 103 in order to kill or inactivate germs in the interior of the container 101. It is advantageous to use a radiation sterilization by means of beta and / or gamma rays, since these rays penetrate the container 101 and the germs on the outside and the inside and
- Container 101 via ethylene oxide gas (EtO gas) take place.
- EtO gas ethylene oxide gas
- all other sterilization methods capable of killing germs inside the container 101 may also be used.
- Container 101 is thus sterile in its interior and germ-free. Its outside, however, may come in contact with the environment.
- the interior of the container 101 is thus sterile in its interior and germ-free. Its outside, however, may come in contact with the environment.
- the interior of the container 101 is thus sterile in its interior and germ-free. Its outside, however, may come in contact with the environment.
- the interior of the container 101 is thus sterile in its interior and germ-free. Its outside, however, may come in contact with the environment.
- Container 101 is not affected by this.
- the container 101 for example, can not be hermetically packed and transported to a filling plant at another location.
- the containers 101 can be transported, for example, in the folded state with high packing density of the bags and thus cost.
- the provision of the container 101 for sterilization S103 explained below of the membrane 107 of the container 101 comprises the two aforementioned steps S101 and S102.
- Containers 101 unpacked.
- the head and the filling area of the connector 103 are exposed unprotected for a short time and can therefore be contaminated.
- the interior of the container 101 is still airtight or hermetically sealed by the membrane 107 and remains sterile.
- a third step S103 prior to a filling process, the membrane 107 and the filler neck 105 are externally sterilized. This is done, for example, by treating the membrane 107 and the interior of the filling nozzle 105 with a germicidal agent.
- a germicidal agent for example, the outer or outer regions of the connector 103 are pretreated by means of a steam pulse or with hydrogen peroxide.
- all other sterilization methods capable of killing germs inside the filler neck 105 and on the membrane 107 may also be used. Sterilization may be restricted to the mentioned ranges.
- a fourth step S104 the membrane 107 is pierced before the filling process by means of the filling nozzle 150 in an aseptic environment in order to fill the container 101 can.
- the aseptic environment may be at the time of filling or already at
- Sterilizing the container 101 and / or the membrane 107 are present.
- a fifth step S105 the previously sterilized containers in the filling device are then filled with the feeding agent under aseptic conditions.
- the enteric nutritional solution is sterilized or provided germ-free and filled in the container in this state.
- a sixth step S106 the container 101 is formed by applying the shutter 109 to the connector 103 under aseptic condition
- septum or resealable membrane 150 filling nozzle or filler neck
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