EP3624860A1 - Procédé et dispositif pour stériliser un objet au moyen d'une source de lumière pulsée - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour stériliser un objet au moyen d'une source de lumière pulsée

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EP3624860A1
EP3624860A1 EP18725736.5A EP18725736A EP3624860A1 EP 3624860 A1 EP3624860 A1 EP 3624860A1 EP 18725736 A EP18725736 A EP 18725736A EP 3624860 A1 EP3624860 A1 EP 3624860A1
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light source
sterilizing
robot arm
light
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Mirko EBELING
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Ebetech GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/02—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using physical phenomena
    • A61L2/08—Radiation
    • A61L2/084—Visible light
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/10—Apparatus features
    • A61L2202/11—Apparatus for generating biocidal substances, e.g. vaporisers, UV lamps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/10—Apparatus features
    • A61L2202/12—Apparatus for isolating biocidal substances from the environment
    • A61L2202/122—Chambers for sterilisation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/10—Apparatus features
    • A61L2202/14—Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/20—Targets to be treated
    • A61L2202/21—Pharmaceuticals, e.g. medicaments, artificial body parts

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  • the invention relates to a method for sterilizing an article for a pharmaceutical or cosmetic application according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for sterilizing an article for a pharmaceutical or cosmetic application according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • CONFIRMATION COPY takes place, very time and cost intensive.
  • areas where the objects are held by a holding means during sterilization or stand areas are not lapped by the gas.
  • this method of sterilization is also particularly complicated and expensive.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method and a device for sterilizing an article, by means of which an article can be sterilized in a particularly simple and favorable manner.
  • a method for achieving this object comprises the measures of claim 1. Accordingly, it is provided for sterilizing an article, in particular a tub, for a pharmaceutical or cosmetic application in a decontaminated environment, to transport the object from a first area to a second area in which the sterilization takes place. In a third area, a further manufacturing process, such as, for example, feeding the article, can be carried out by further means. The different areas are separated by locks.
  • the article for sterilization is irradiated completely from all sides by light, or pulsed electromagnetic waves from a source of light or radiation, whereby the article in the second region is automatically gripped by a robot arm at least once, by the robot arm is aligned and set down again at least once relative to the light source for irradiation and the object is gripped by the robot arm several times at different positions, aligned relative to the light source and set down again until the object has been completely exposed to light from the light source and after irradiation and a settling of the object by a robot arm and before re-grasping the object or another object of the robot arm are also sterilized by the light source.
  • a light source which preferably emits light of the visible spectral optical range, no increased security measures are required for the use of this light source.
  • the application of light to the object, in particular of the visible optical spectral range, is also particularly simple and fast, since it is not first necessary to produce a predetermined concentration of a gas in the second region.
  • the article After the article has first been gripped by the robotic arm and variously oriented relative to the light source for irradiation, the article is dropped off again to be gripped again at a different position, so that the areas where the article previously grasped by the robot arm were able to be charged with light. In this way, the article can be fully exposed to light for sterilization. Therefore, there are no areas where germs can survive.
  • the object in the second area at least once automatically gripped by a robot arm is aligned by the robot arm for irradiation depending on the shape of the object several times relative to the light source and set down again.
  • the article is fully automatically gripped by a robotic arm and aligned relative to the light source, which is located inside or outside the second region, so that the article is as complete as possible Light is applied.
  • the object is reoriented by a robotic arm so that previously lying in the shadow areas of the object can also be reached by a further irradiation.
  • the robot arm can fully automate the sterilization of the object in interaction with the light source.
  • the robotic arm can be reprogrammed in a known manner to provide light to this object to a sufficient extent.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the present invention can provide that the object is irradiated by the light source in dependence on application and contamination of the object with light pulses of different rate, pulse duration, intensity, energy and / or repetition rate.
  • pharmaceutical products are subjected to a higher intensity, pulse duration, energy or repetition rate of the light pulses than articles for a cosmetic application.
  • products which can react sensitively to light or electromagnetic radiation themselves are exposed to a lower intensity of light.
  • the pulse duration or rate may be increased to ensure that at least a majority of all germs have been hit.
  • special treatment by light may also be envisaged.
  • the values for these properties of the light pulse are manually adjustable or are automatically selected by a control unit when detecting the object. By this automated adjustment of the quality or quantity of irradiation, a sufficient irradiation of the objects can be ensured.
  • the robot arm on gripping means which may be formed, for example, as a gripper, suction cups or electromagnets.
  • the Light source subjected to the sterilizing light, so that no germs can fix here.
  • the exposure of the gripping means to the light can be done depending on the type of gripping means.
  • the gripping means from different directions can be acted upon by appropriate alignment of the robot arm with the light.
  • a pressure gradient in particular a pressure cascade, is established between the various areas through the locks.
  • a pressure cascade it can be ensured that no contamination is sucked into the area in which the sterilization takes place.
  • the second region may be, for example, an insulator which is decontaminated after completion of sterilization of a batch of articles, for example with hydrogen peroxide.
  • bioindicators can be supplied to the second area, which detect a residual contamination.
  • a bioindicator which is exposed to germs, can be exposed to the light. By observing the development of the irradiated germs, it can be determined whether the light source still has enough power to kill the germs.
  • the present invention may provide that the articles are tubs for receiving glass containers.
  • the tubs are unpacked in the first area, sterilized in the second area, preferably an insulator, and after being unpacked in a third area, the glass containers are subjected to an agent for pharmaceutical or cosmetic use.
  • the tubs can be tray or carton-type objects whose opening is closed by, for example, a foil.
  • any other Articles for pharmaceutical or cosmetic use are sterilized by the described method.
  • a device for sterilizing an article for a pharmaceutical or cosmetic application is provided with a decontaminated chamber, with sluices for introducing and discharging the article into and out of the chamber and with a transport means for transporting the article into and out of the chamber.
  • the chamber is associated with a light or radiation source for pulsed light or pulsed electromagnetic waves, which is designed for sterilizing and complete irradiation of the object. Due to the pulsed light, all germs on the object can be killed. Due to the irradiation from all sides, there are no shadows on the irradiation where the germs could survive.
  • the present invention may provide that a robotic arm is positioned in the chamber for gripping the article, orienting the article relative to the light source, and depositing the article, wherein the sample is repeatedly graspable, alignable, and in the chamber for complete irradiation is deductible.
  • the robot arm is controlled by a control device.
  • the robot arm can be programmed in such a way that the entire object can be sterilized by the light.
  • the robotic arm may have a plurality of axes to accomplish any movement necessary to align the article relative to the light source.
  • the robotic arm also meets all the requirements for working in a sterile environment.
  • the light source can be placed either in the chamber for sterilization or outside the chamber. In the event that the light source is placed outside the chamber, a transparent window pane should be used, 0
  • the robot arm is assigned an effector or a gripping means, which can be designed as a gripper, as a suction cup or as a magnet.
  • the article After the article, after possibly several irradiation cycles, is deposited by the robot arm, the article can be discharged through a transport, preferably a conveyor belt, through the lock and fed to another chamber. It is also conceivable that after completion of the irradiation, the lock is opened and the object is placed by the robot arm directly into the subsequent chamber.
  • the present invention can also provide that the object can be irradiated by the light source as a function of application and contamination of the object with light pulses of different rate, pulse duration, intensity, energy and / or repetition rate.
  • the quality and the quantity of light or radiation can be adjusted by the control device.
  • the choice of the various parameters for the light can be adjusted manually at the control device or automated by the control device.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device for sterilizing a
  • FIG. 2 a further perspective view of the device according to FIG. 1, a view of the device according to FIG. 1, FIG.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the device according to FIGS. 1, and Fig. 5 is a view of the device according to FIG. 1 without housing.
  • the device 10 for sterilizing objects consists of a first region 11, a second region 12 and a third region 13 (FIG. 4). These three areas 11, 12, 13 can each be designed as closed chambers.
  • the second chamber is designed as an insulator, which can be decontaminated by appropriate cycles.
  • the first region 11 and the second region 12 each have a conveyor belt 14, a tray 15 is centrally provided in the second region 12 for at least short-term storage of the article.
  • a lock 16, 17 is provided, which hermetically separate the second region 12 from the first region 11 and the third region 13.
  • a robot arm 23 is assigned to the middle region 12. With this robot arm 23 of the object to be sterilized is manageable. Furthermore, the second area 12 is associated with a light or radiation source, not shown. This light source may be arranged either in the region 12 or outside the region 12. In the case where the light source is arranged outside the second region 12, the source is arranged on a door 18 to the second region 12 in such a way that the light resp The electromagnetic waves of the light source can radiate through a window 19 in the inner region of the second region 12. In this case, the window 19 has a high transmission rate for the light or the corresponding electromagnetic radiation of the light source. Both the robot arm 23 and the light source can be controlled by a control device.
  • the control can be done manually by an input device 20 or automated by the controller.
  • the device 10 has additional means for ventilating the various areas 11, 12, 13, as well as two further locks 21, 22 for feeding the first area 11 or for dispensing the object from the third area 13
  • the device shown in FIG. 1 is housed in a compact, box-like frame with a housing 24.
  • the device 10 is integrated in a further system or consists of sixteenflanschbaren items. For sterilizing the article, not shown, this is supplied through a lock 21 to the first region 11. There, the still packaged item can be unpacked, for example.
  • the lock 16 opens and the robot arm 23 removes the object from the first area 11, in order to then align it relative to the light source for the irradiation.
  • the orientation of the object relative to the light source can be changed by the robot arm 23, so that also previously shaded area of the object can be exposed to the light.
  • the article can be placed on the tray 15 and the gripping means of the robot arm 23 are also sterilized by the light source.
  • the then sterilized gripping means of the robot arm 23 then again grasp the object, namely at positions which have already been sterilized by the application of light. Subsequently, the areas are then sterilized by the light source, where previously the gripping means of the robot arm 23 have set.
  • the lock 17 is opened to the third area 13, whereupon the robot arm 23 deposits the object on the conveyor belt 14 in the third area 13.
  • an overpressure prevails in this second area 12 in relation to the areas 11 and 13, so that air from the second area 12 in FIG the areas 1 1 and 13 is pressed and contamination is prevented.
  • the lock 17 closes and the article is ready for a further process step.
  • Fig. 5 the device for illustrative purposes without housing 24 is shown.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif pour stériliser un objet destiné à une application pharmaceutique ou cosmétique dans un environnement décontaminé, ledit objet étant transporté à travers un sas (16) depuis une première zone (11) jusque dans une deuxième zone (12) et de nouveau transporté après stérilisation pour un autre traitement, à travers un autre sas (17) jusque dans une troisième zone (13). L'invention est caractérisée en ce que l'objet dans la deuxième zone (12) est entièrement irradié de tous les côtés par une lumière pulsée à des fins de stérilisation.
EP18725736.5A 2017-05-18 2018-05-07 Procédé et dispositif pour stériliser un objet au moyen d'une source de lumière pulsée Withdrawn EP3624860A1 (fr)

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DE102017004752.9A DE102017004752A1 (de) 2017-05-18 2017-05-18 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sterilisieren eines Gegenstandes mittels gepulster Lichtquelle
PCT/EP2018/000220 WO2018210445A1 (fr) 2017-05-18 2018-05-07 Procédé et dispositif pour stériliser un objet au moyen d'une source de lumière pulsée

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