US20200290756A1 - Method and device for flexibly treating pharmaceutical packages - Google Patents

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US20200290756A1
US20200290756A1 US16/853,178 US202016853178A US2020290756A1 US 20200290756 A1 US20200290756 A1 US 20200290756A1 US 202016853178 A US202016853178 A US 202016853178A US 2020290756 A1 US2020290756 A1 US 2020290756A1
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  • PCT/EP2018/079026 entitled “METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FLEXIBALLY TREATING PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGES”, filed Oct. 23, 2018, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • PCT application no. PCT/EP2018/079026 claims the priority of German patent application no. 10 2017 124 908.7 entitled “Method and device for flexibly treating pharmaceutical packages”, filed on Oct. 24, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • the present invention relates in general to a method and a device for treating or processing pharmaceutical packages, and to a method and a device for flexibly treating or processing a plurality of pharmaceutical packages of different types using a transport and packaging container of standard design without complicated retooling or reprogramming measures being required in order to treat or to process a different type of pharmaceutical package.
  • Containers used for storing medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparations for administration in liquid, solid, or powder form, in particular in predosed amounts are, to a large extent, medicament containers, such as vials, cartridges, or syringes. These generally have a cylindrical shape, can be produced from plastic or from glass, and are obtainable cost effectively in large quantities.
  • medicament containers such as vials, cartridges, or syringes.
  • the containers are packaged in sterile form in transport and packaging containers directly at the manufacturer of the containers and are then unpacked at a pharmaceutical company under sterile conditions, in particular in what is referred to as a sterile tunnel or in a clean room, and are then further processed. With such nested packaging concepts, the containers do not need first to be washed, dried and sterilized in a complicated manner at the pharmaceutical company.
  • tubs transport and packaging containers
  • a support what is referred to as a “nest”
  • nested solutions have advantages in the automated further processing of the containers because the containers can be transferred at controlled positions and in a predetermined arrangement to processing stations, for example to automatic processing machines, robots or the like.
  • use is made of holding structures in which a plurality of containers can be held simultaneously in a predetermined regular arrangement. All that is needed for the transfer to a processing station is for the transport and packaging container to simply be positioned suitably and opened. The downstream processing station then knows in which position and arrangement the containers which are to be processed further are arranged.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 8,100,263 B2 discloses a transport and packaging container which can be packaged and transported in a sterile manner and into which a plate like holding structure can be inserted, in which a plurality of medicament containers are held in a regular arrangement.
  • the individual medicament containers are initially arranged loosely in receptacles which are formed in the holding structure.
  • the holding structure is subsequently inserted into the transport and packaging container and the latter is surrounded with a gas impermeable plastic tube.
  • the plastic tube is pressed by the negative pressure prevailing in the tube into the intermediate spaces between the medicament containers, which thus firstly leads to stabilization of the position of the medicament containers in the holding structure and secondly prevents a further uncontrolled collision between adjacent medicament containers.
  • the medicament containers can slip laterally, which increases the outlay on automation for further processing the medicament containers.
  • the medicament containers can nevertheless collide in an uncontrolled manner, which brings the aforementioned disadvantages therewith.
  • the medicament containers cannot be further processed in the transport or packaging container or in the holding structure but rather first of all have to be separated in the conventional manner and transferred to downstream processing stations.
  • a series of preliminary measures are required, such as, for example, the opening of a sterile packaging unit in which the transport and packaging containers are packaged and transport into the clean room or the controlled environment.
  • handling devices have to be configured and adjusted in a manner specially coordinated with the respective dimensions of the respective transport and packaging container, which is complicated.
  • medicaments when introduced onto the market are frequently initially stored and sold in containers of a first type, for example in vials, and, in a later phase for the mass market, are then frequently stored and sold in containers of a different type, for example in cartridges, for example for self-administration by injection pens or the like.
  • a method for treating or processing containers for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain said substances comprises: providing a plurality of transport and packaging containers which each accommodate a respective support on which a plurality of containers is held, the transport and packaging containers being of box shaped design and are packaged in a packaging unit, the containers are held on the respective supports in such a manner that the respective supports are completely accommodated in the transport and packaging containers without upper ends of the containers protruding over an upper edge of the transport and packaging containers; opening the packaging unit; conveying the transport and packaging containers with a conveyor device to a processing station; and treating or processing the containers in the processing station.
  • the treatment or processing of the containers in the processing station includes at least filling the containers with a substance for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses.
  • Containers of a different container type selected from a group consisting of vials, cartridges, and syringes, or containers having at least one of different sizes or different nominal volumes are treated or processed.
  • At least one of an overall height of the transport and packaging containers or a height of a step close to the upper edge of the transport and packaging container is always constant irrespective of: a) the container type of the containers held on the respective supports; or b) at least one of the sizes or the nominal volumes of the containers held on the respective supports.
  • a transport and packaging container for a plurality of containers which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain said substances.
  • the transport and packaging container is of box shaped design and has an upper edge, an introduction opening for the introduction of the containers into the transport and packaging container is formed on the upper edge of the respective transport and packaging container and is covered by a protective film, the transport and packaging container accommodating a support on which the plurality of containers is held such that the plurality of containers is accommodated in packaged form in the transport and packaging container.
  • the overall height of the transport and packaging container is within a range of between 51 mm and 97 mm and a plurality of cartridges, syringes, or vials is held on the support in the transport and packaging container.
  • a device for treating or processing containers which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain said substances.
  • the device includes: a processing station in which the containers are treated or processed, the processing station being configured to fill the containers with a substance for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses; a conveyor device configured to convey the transport and packaging containers to the processing station; and a supply section which is arranged upstream of the processing station and is configured to provide a plurality of transport and packaging containers which accommodate a respective support on which a plurality of containers is held.
  • the transport and packaging containers are of box shaped design and packaged in a packaging unit, the containers being held on the respective supports in such a manner that the respective supports are completely accommodated in the transport and packaging containers without upper ends of the containers protruding over an upper edge of the transport and packaging containers.
  • the supply section has an opening section for opening the packaging unit
  • the device is configured in such a manner that containers of different container type selected from the group consisting of vials, cartridges, and syringes are processable or treatable as containers which are held on the respective supports without a height adjustment of components of the device being required, and therefore, irrespective of the container type of the containers held on the respective supports, at least one of an overall height of the transport and packaging containers or a height of a step close to the upper edge of the transport and packaging containers is constant.
  • a package for holding pharmaceutical containers on a filling line includes: a transport and packaging container having a plurality of connected sidewalls, a base, an upper edge opposite the base, and a step defining a step height that is constant relative to the upper edge and less than an overall height defined between the upper edge and the base; and a holder placed in the transport and packaging container and having a plurality of holder openings formed therein.
  • the holder is supported on the step and configured to hold a container in each of the holder openings so the held containers are suspended within the transport and packaging container.
  • the step height is constant and independent of at least one of a shape, a type, or a size of each of the held containers.
  • a package for holding pharmaceutical containers on a filling line includes: a transport and packaging container having a plurality of connected sidewalls, a base, an upper edge opposite the base, and a step placed between a pair of the sidewalls, the step defining a constant distance from the upper edge, the upper edge and the base defining an overall height therebetween; and a holder placed in the transport and packaging container and having a plurality of holder openings formed therein.
  • the holder is supported on the step and configured to hold a container in each of the holder openings so the held containers are suspended within the transport and packaging container with an upper end of each of the held containers at a set height that is controlled by the constant distance to be less than the overall height and is independent of at least one of a shape, a type, or a size of each of the held containers.
  • a method of filling pharmaceutical containers includes: filling a first plurality of containers with a filling device, the first plurality of containers being supported by a first holder supported on a first step of a first transport and packaging container, the first step defining a first step height, the filling includes moving a plurality of filling needles of the filling device to a filling needle height and dispensing a substance from the filling needles into each of the first plurality of containers; and filling a second plurality of containers with the filling device, the second plurality of containers being supported by a second holder supported on a second step of a second transport and packaging container, the second step defining a second step height that is equal to the first step height, the filling includes moving the filling needles to the filling needle height and dispensing the substance from the filling needles into each of the second plurality of containers, the second plurality of containers differing from the first plurality of containers in at least one aspect including at least one of
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a packaging unit with a transport and packaging container provided according to the prior art
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic illustration of the treatment and processing of a plurality of containers in a nested packaging concept according to the prior art
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate details of a guide of a transport and packaging container having different external dimensions in a nested packaging concept according to the prior art
  • FIG. 4A illustrates a schematic partial section of the accommodating of a support in a transport and packaging container in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention
  • FIG. 4B illustrates a further example of a support for accommodating in a transport and packaging container in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention
  • FIG. 4C illustrates an example for holding a container designed as a vial on a support for accommodating in a transport and packaging container in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention
  • FIG. 4D illustrates a schematic perspective view of a transport and packaging container with a support in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention for storing a plurality of cartridges;
  • FIG. 4E illustrates a schematic perspective view of a transport and packaging container with a support in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention for storing a plurality of syringes;
  • FIG. 4F illustrates a schematic view of the holding of vials having different nominal volumes in a transport and packaging container having constant dimensions
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic top view of a processing system for treating and processing a plurality of containers in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic illustration of the treatment and processing of a plurality of containers in the processing system provided according to FIG. 5 .
  • a packaging unit with a transport and packaging container 100 provided according to the prior art is illustrated.
  • Adhesively bonded onto the upper edge 102 of the transport and packaging container 100 is a protective film 103 , in particular a sterile protective film, for example a gas permeable protective film, which permits sterilization of the interior of the transport and packaging container 100 through the protective film 103 .
  • the packaging bags 104 made of plastic are introduced via a material lock 112 into an anteroom 111 , which can already be a clean room, for example a clean room of a low clean room class.
  • the packaging bags 104 are placed onto a conveyor device 120 , for example onto a transport belt, and conveyed in the direction specified by the arrow toward the clean room 117 . Since the transport and packaging container 100 is accommodated loosely in the packaging bag 104 , first of all in station A the upper side of the packaging bag 104 has to be pressed down such that the plastic of the packaging bag 104 rests directly on the sterile protective film 103 or on the upper edge of the transport and packaging container 100 .
  • the packaging bag 104 is then slit open at the positions B and the transport and packaging container 100 is introduced via the material lock 113 into a decontamination region 114 in which the outer side of the transport and packaging container 100 , in particular the region of the protective film 103 , is freed from germs, etc. by a decontamination device 115 , for example by electron beams.
  • the transport and packaging container 100 is subsequently transferred via a further material lock 116 into the clean room 117 in which, after removal of the protective film, the containers which, in a nested packaging concept, are held on a support (not shown), which is accommodated in the transport and packaging container 100 , are actually further treated or processed.
  • the decontamination of the outer side of the transport and packaging container 100 in the decontamination region 114 is especially dependent on spacing and geometry and requires precise coordination with the geometry, in particular the height of the respectively supplied transport and packaging container 100 .
  • the transport and packaging containers have to be precisely guided laterally and/or vertically so that the positions of the individual containers which are each held on a support are precisely predetermined and in particular filling needles or the like for filling the containers are not damaged or displaced by collision with the upper ends of the containers.
  • Particular importance is attached here to the height position of the containers held on the support. Only if the upper ends of the containers held on the support are arranged with the filling openings provided there at the same height level can a collision of the upper ends with filling needles or the like for filling the containers be reliably prevented even without complicated readjustment of the height positions of the filling needles or the like.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B This is illustrated by way of example in FIGS. 3A and 3B for two box shaped transport and packaging containers 100 having different overall heights H 1 .
  • a step 101 a is conventionally formed below the upper side wall 101 .
  • Strip like guides 121 are provided above the transport belt 120 and bring about guidance of the transport and packaging container 100 on the transport belt by interaction with a lower side wall of the transport and packaging container or by the step 101 a resting on the guide 121 .
  • FIG. 3A depicts the geometrical ratios for a first transport and packaging container 100 having an overall height H 1 and a height H 2 of the step 101 a above the transport belt 120 .
  • 3B depicts the geometrical ratios for a second transport and packaging container 100 having a different overall height H 1 ′ and a different height H 2 ′ of the step 101 a above the transport belt 120 . If transport and packaging containers 100 having different geometries and/or heights are intended to be further processed, a complicated readjustment of the entire process system may be required, which is complicated and makes flexible further processing of pharmaceutical packages of different types and/or dimensions or nominal volumes impossible.
  • exemplary embodiments disclosed herein provide an improved method and an improved device for treating or processing containers (in general, pharmaceutical packages) which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain said substances, with which flexible further processing of pharmaceutical packages of different types and/or dimensions or nominal volumes is made possible.
  • containers in general, pharmaceutical packages
  • flexible further processing of pharmaceutical packages of different types and/or dimensions or nominal volumes is made possible.
  • a method for treating or processing containers which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain said substances comprising the following steps: providing a plurality of transport and packaging containers which accommodate a support on which a plurality of containers is held, wherein the transport and packaging containers are of box shaped design and are packaged in a packaging unit; opening the packaging unit; conveying the transport and packaging containers with a conveyor device to a processing station and removing the containers from the transport and packaging containers in the processing station; treating or processing the containers in the processing station, wherein the treatment or processing of the containers in the processing station includes at least filling the containers with a substance for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses.
  • vials, cartridges or syringes can be held as containers on the respective support, wherein an overall height of the transport and packaging containers and/or a height of a step close to an upper edge of the transport and packaging container is constant, specifically a) irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are held on the respective support, and/or b) irrespective of the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers held on the respective support.
  • the adaptation to the different types, dimensions, geometries, nominal volumes, etc. of the pharmaceutical packages may take place by a suitable different configuration of the respectively used support.
  • the support together with the pharmaceutical packages held thereon is completely accommodated in the transport and packaging container.
  • the upper ends of the pharmaceutical packages do not protrude above the upper edge of a transport and packaging container, and therefore the latter can be closed in a simple manner by adhesively bonding a protective film, in particular by adhesively bonding a sterile protective film, onto the upper edge.
  • One or more transport and packaging containers are expediently packaged here in a packaging unit which can also be designed as a sterile packaging unit.
  • the packaging units can therefore be supplied to a pharmaceutical company with standard external dimensions and a standard design but with different pharmaceutical packages stored therein.
  • a pharmaceutical company does not need to undertake any complicated retooling measures for further processing of the pharmaceutical packages, in particular for filling same with a medical active substance.
  • the transport and packaging containers are, however, closed in a sterile manner by a sterile protective film such that the packaging unit itself does not need to be sterile.
  • the geometry and length of holders for holding the containers on the support or of side walls of the support can be suitably adapted to the respective use, which is possible in a simple manner.
  • the supports adapted to the respective type of containers to be processed or to the respective sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers to be processed can be stored separately and optionally used for holding the container and introduced into a transport and packaging container.
  • a further advantage of the use of packaging units or transport and packaging containers having constant external dimensions, in particular constant overall heights, is also that material locks for the transfer into a downstream room of a processing system and decontamination devices can continue to be used without complicated readjustment.
  • upper ends of the containers are always arranged at the same height with respect to the conveyor device or with respect to a floor of the processing station, specifically a) irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are treated and processed, and/or b) irrespective of the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers held on the respective support.
  • the containers can therefore be filled under controlled conditions without a height adjustment of filling needles or the like being required. Damage to the filling needles or the like by the containers of different type or different external dimensions is also effectively prevented.
  • the upper ends of the containers are always arranged at the same height with respect to the conveyor device or with respect to a floor of the processing station, specifically a) irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are treated and processed, and/or b) irrespective of the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the held on the respective support. Consistent conditions for the decontamination or sterilization of the outer side of a transport and packaging container prior to the transfer to a clean room can therefore be ensured even when containers of different type or different external dimensions or nominal volumes are used, without a complicated readjustment of said conditions being required each time.
  • the processing station is arranged in a clean room, after opening of the packaging unit an outer side of the transport and packaging containers is treated in a decontamination region, the transport and packaging containers are subsequently transferred into the clean room, and the containers are removed from the transport and packaging containers in the clean room.
  • Particularly sterile processing conditions for the further processing of the containers can therefore be ensured because the containers are only removed in the clean room itself.
  • an inlay film can also be placed onto the upper ends of the containers in order also to continue to prevent an undesirable penetration of contaminants into the container.
  • the constant height/geometry of the respectively used transport and packaging container permits lateral and/or vertical guidance of the transport and packaging containers or else supports at least in phases during the treatment or processing of the containers without a complicated readjustment of guide devices and the like being required for this purpose.
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to the fact that, in the case of a method for treating or processing containers which serve for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses or contain same, in which a plurality of transport and packaging containers are provided which accommodate a support on which a plurality of containers is held.
  • the transport and packaging containers are of box shaped design and are packaged in a packaging unit, in which the packing unit is opened, in which the transport and packaging container is conveyed by a conveyor device to a processing station and the containers are removed from the transport and packaging containers in the processing station, and in which the treatment or processing of the containers in the processing station comprises at least filling of the containers with a substance for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses, and in which optionally either vials, cartridges or syringes as containers are held on the respective support, an overall height of the transport and packaging containers and/or a height of a step close to an upper edge of the transport and packaging containers is constant, specifically a) irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are held on the respective support, and/or b) irrespective of the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers held on the respective support.
  • the transport and packaging container 10 is a substantially box or trough shaped design and has a bottom 11 , a side wall 12 which protrudes therefrom perpendicularly or slightly inclined and is of encircling design, a step 13 protruding substantially at a right angle from the latter, an upper side wall 14 of encircling design and an upper edge 15 which is designed in the manner of a flange.
  • the upper side wall 14 can be formed inclined by a small angle of inclination with respect to the perpendicular to the floor 11 in order to facilitate the introduction of the holding structure 20 .
  • a transport and packaging container 10 of this type may be formed from a plastic, in particular by plastic injection molding technology, and may be formed from a clear transparent plastic in order to permit an optical visual inspection of the holding structure 20 accommodated in the transport and packaging container 10 and an optical visual inspection of the containers held by the holding structure 20 .
  • the support 20 is of overall flat design and has a plurality of openings 21 which are arranged in a regular arrangement, for example along rows and columns running perpendicularly thereto, in order to precisely predetermine the positions of containers on the support 20 .
  • the support 20 is supported here, according to FIG. 4A , on the step 13 of the transport and packaging container 10 .
  • At least two holding arms 23 are arranged on the edge of a respective opening 21 , the holding arms 23 being configured in order to support the containers on the support 20 in a form fitting or frictionally locking manner.
  • the holding arms 23 can be designed in particular in the manner as disclosed by U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0166212 A1, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
  • the holding arms 23 can therefore hold the containers on the support 20 with radial play.
  • the overall height of the transport and packaging container 10 is denoted by the reference sign “h” while the height of the upper side wall 14 is denoted by h 1 , and the height of the step 13 above the base 11 , which may be referred to as a “step height,” therefore corresponds to the difference h ⁇ h 1 . Due to this geometry of the transport and packaging container 10 , the height of the containers (not shown), which are held on the support 20 and are accommodated in the transport and packaging container 10 , is unambiguously defined.
  • the support 20 illustrated in FIG. 4A is suitable for holding vials.
  • the height of the lower side wall 12 is dimensioned in such a manner that all types of vials which are marketable or are required by a pharmaceutical company can be accommodated in the same transport and packaging container 10 of the overall height h and do not project here beyond the upper edge 15 when the support 20 is supported on the step 13 of the transport and packaging container 10 .
  • the step height is constant and independent of the structure of held containers and the upper ends of held containers are held at a set height that is controlled by the step height to be less than the overall height h so the containers do not project beyond the upper edge 15 .
  • a sterile protective film onto the upper edge 15 of the transport and packaging container 10 , the latter can be sealed in a sterile manner from the environment while the containers (not shown) therein are held on the support 20 .
  • the same type of transport and packaging container 10 having the same dimensions can be used for the sterile storage of pharmaceutical packages of different type (vials, cartridges or syringes) and different external dimensions, in particular different nominal volumes. Therefore, pharmaceutical packages of different type (vials, cartridges or syringes) and different external dimensions, in particular different nominal volumes, can optionally be stored in a sterile manner in a transport and packaging container 10 having standard dimensions and in packaging units having a comparable structure and delivered to a pharmaceutical company.
  • a differently configured support can be arranged in the transport and packaging container, said support being configured for holding the respectively desired type of pharmaceutical packages and/or pharmaceutical packages having the respectively desired different geometries and/or heights.
  • elastic holding arms 23 are assigned to the openings 21 on the support 20 and hold a vial in the manner as shown in FIG. 4C . More precisely stated, the holding arms 23 extend radially inward and in each case support a vial below the widened upper edge 6 (what is referred to as a “rolled edge”) with the filling opening 7 . For the introduction of a vial into an opening and for the removal, the holding arms 23 have to be elastically expanded. Side walls 22 on the lower side of the support 20 prevent a collision of vials. For further details of the support, reference is made to the abovementioned U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0166212 A1, the contents of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
  • FIG. 4D shows a schematic perspective view of a transport and packaging container 10 with a support 20 in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention for storing a plurality of cartridges 8 .
  • the latter have an opening 7 at a first end for the filling and for the later receiving of a piston and a discharge opening at a second, opposite end that is conventionally closed with a stopper having a septum or the like which is axially secured at the second end by a metal cover 9 , which is crimped on.
  • a stopper having a septum or the like which is axially secured at the second end by a metal cover 9 , which is crimped on.
  • Such precrimped cartridges 8 are basically known from the prior art.
  • the cartridges are held upside down on a support 20 , which is disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0122693 A1, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the support 20 is of overall trough shaped design and has a base, side walls 30 protruding vertically therefrom and an upper edge 31 which protrudes outward vertically from the upper side wall 30 .
  • a plurality of pins 32 are arranged on the base, between which receptacles are formed for receiving one cartridge 8 each.
  • the crimped sections 9 protrude through openings in the base of the support 20 .
  • the upper edge 31 rests on the step 13 a above the lower side wall 12 .
  • the height of the upper side wall 14 is coordinated here with the height of the upper side wall 30 of the support and the length of the cartridges 8 in such a manner that the cartridges 8 do not project beyond the upper edge 15 of the transport and packaging container 10 .
  • FIG. 4E shows a schematic perspective view of a transport and packaging container 10 with a support 20 in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention for storing a plurality of syringes 80 .
  • Cylindrical receptacles which are suitable for this purpose, for receiving the syringes 80 , are formed on the support 20 .
  • the height of the upper side wall 12 of the transport and packaging container 10 and the axial length of the cylindrical receptacles of the support 20 are coordinated with the length of the syringes 80 in such a manner that the syringes 80 do not project beyond the upper edge of the transport and packaging container 10 .
  • a protective film in particular a sterile protective film, for example a gas permeable plastics film, can be adhesively bonded onto the upper edge of the transport and packaging container, as shown in FIG. 4E .
  • the protective film can be formed in particular from a mesh of plastics fibers, for example from polypropylene fibers (PP), or can be designed as a Tyvek® protective film which forms a sterile barrier.
  • an inlay film can be placed directly onto the upper ends of the containers in order to prevent an undesirable penetration of contaminants into the latter after the protective film is pulled off from the transport and packaging container.
  • vials, cartridges or syringes can be held on a support and stored in a sterile manner in a transport and packaging container and delivered to a pharmaceutical company.
  • the containers can be further processed according to the present invention without complicated readjustment of the processing system, wherein the overall height h of the transport and packaging containers (cf. FIG.
  • the height h 1 of a step close to an upper edge of the transport and packaging containers can be kept constant, specifically irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are held on the respective support and are intended to be processed further, and/or irrespective of the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers held on the respective support.
  • FIG. 4F shows by way of the example of vials that, according to a further aspect of the present invention, optionally even containers having different sizes and/or nominal volumes can be stored in a transport and packaging container having constant dimensions and can be delivered to a pharmaceutical company.
  • FIG. 4A schematically shows three different situations.
  • the left transport and packaging container 10 accommodates a support 20 on which vials 1 having two different sizes and/or nominal volumes are held with the aid of the holder provided on the support 20 .
  • Vials 1 having two different sizes and/or nominal volumes are held on the support 20 in the central transport and packaging container 10 , said vials being larger in comparison to the left transport and packaging container 10 .
  • Vials 1 having two different sizes and/or nominal volumes are held on the support 20 in the right transport and packaging container 10 , the vials once again being larger in comparison to the central transport and packaging container 10 .
  • the height of the lower side wall 12 is coordinated with the sizes and/or nominal volumes of the containers 1 in such a manner that the upper ends of the containers 1 with the filling openings provided there are always arranged at the same height—relative to the base of the transport and packaging container 10 or a working surface.
  • the containers 1 are always completely accommodated here in the respective transport and packaging container 10 . A complicated readjustment of the height positions of filling needles or comparable filling devices for filling the containers 1 is therefore unnecessary according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4F is based on the fact that the dimensions of the transport and packaging container 10 are configured in such a manner that all commercially available types of containers 1 of a manufacturer of said containers can be held on a support 20 and can be completely accommodated in the transport and packaging container 10 without protruding over the upper edge of same.
  • the support 20 and the transport and packaging container 10 are therefore suitable for holding and for accommodating all containers having different sizes and/or nominal volumes.
  • ISO vials for storing substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic uses are sold, for example, in the size range of 2R to 30R (corresponding to a nominal volume within the range of between 4 ml and 37.5 ml) or in the size range of 2R to 50R (corresponding to a nominal volume within the range of between 4 ml and 62.23 ml), which corresponds to an overall height of the vials within the range of between 35 mm and 75 mm or within the range of between 35 mm and 73 mm in the European market or to an overall height of the vials within the range of between 32 mm and 76 mm or within the range of between 32 mm and 65 mm in the U.S. market.
  • the overall height h (cf. FIG. 4A ) of the transport and packaging container 10 is configured in such a manner that all types of containers can be completely accommodated therein.
  • the overall height h of the transport and packaging container 10 should therefore be, for example, approximately 97 mm.
  • FIG. 4F is based on the fact that the upper ends of containers having different sizes and/or nominal volumes are always of identical design, i.e., with a same height of the neck and shoulder section 5 (cf. FIG. 4C ) and of the widened upper edge.
  • the upper ends of containers having different sizes and/or nominal volumes are intended to have different geometries, in particular different heights, this can be compensated for in a simple manner according to the present invention by specific adaptation of the holder of the supports 20 , and therefore transport and packaging containers 10 having the same dimensions and the same geometry can always be used even for containers 1 having different sizes and/or nominal volumes.
  • a processing system for treating and processing a plurality of containers in a nested packaging concept provided according to the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 .
  • the processing system which is denoted overall by 50 has a sterile internal volume 58 with a loading section on the left side and an outlet section on the right side thereof.
  • packaging units as described previously, are supplied to the sterile internal volume 58 via the loading section.
  • the packaging bags 18 made of plastic are introduced into an anteroom 51 , which can already be a clean room, for example a clean room of a low clean room class.
  • the packaging bags 18 are placed onto a conveyor device 60 , for example a transport belt, and conveyed in the direction specified by the arrow toward the clean room 57 .
  • the transport and packaging container 10 Since the transport and packaging container 10 is accommodated loosely in the packaging bag 18 , first of all, in the station AA, the upper side of the packaging bag 18 has to be tightened and pressed down such that the plastic of the packaging bag 18 rests directly on the sterile protective film 19 or on the upper edge of the transport and packaging container 10 .
  • the packaging bag 18 is then split open at the positions BB and the transport and packaging container 10 is introduced via the material lock 53 into a decontamination region 54 in which the outer side of the transport and packaging container 10 , in particular the region of the protective film 19 , is freed from germs, etc. by a decontamination device 55 , for example by electron beams.
  • the packaging bag 18 therefore does not need to be sterile, but rather can be configured as a simple dustproof packaging unit, i.e., as a packaging unit without a sterile barrier.
  • the transport and packaging container 10 is subsequently transferred via a further material lock 56 into the clean room 57 in which, after the protective film 19 is removed, the containers are actually further treated or processed by the processing device 58 .
  • the containers may be held on the support 20 , as shown in FIG. 5 , which shows further details of the further processing of the containers in the clean room 57 .
  • the transport container and nest arrangements (“tub and nest”) which accommodate presterilized containers are finally arranged in the vicinity of the loading position, which is denoted by reference sign 70 .
  • the transport container and nest arrangements are conveyed by the conveyor device 60 along the direction of the arrow in FIG. 5 until finally the discharge position is reached, which is denoted by the reference sign 77 .
  • the latter can be accommodated in a holding frame 72 , or the transport containers (tubs) which each accommodate a nest are accommodated in a holding frame 71 or comparable holding stages.
  • the upper ends of the containers are always supplied to the processing stations 75 , 76 at exactly predetermined height levels, specifically irrespective of the respective type of container, i.e., irrespective of whether vials, cartridges or syringes are intended to be filled and further processed.
  • FIG. 5 shows the filling of containers which are accommodated in nests in the holding frame 71 .
  • the nests are first of all conveyed to the waiting position 72 and then to the filling and closure station 75 where the filling is carried out generally line by line.
  • the nests which hold the filled and closed containers, or the transport container and nest arrangements which accommodate the filled and closed containers are finally conveyed to the discharge position which is denoted by the reference sign 77 .
  • the transport and packaging containers or supports are guided laterally or vertically at least in phases by guide devices 61 , as shown in FIG. 6 .
  • These can be guide strips 61 which are arranged at least in sections above and to the side of a transport belt 60 in the anteroom 51 and clean room 57 .
  • the bottoms, side walls 12 , 14 or steps 13 (cf. FIG. 4A ) of the transport and packaging containers are guided laterally or vertically.
  • the overall height h of a transport and packaging container 10 lies within a range of between 51 mm and 97 mm if a plurality of vials is held in the transport and packaging container 10 on the support 20 .
  • the support here can have a length within the range of 229 mm or 230 mm to 238 mm and a width within the range of 189 to 199 mm.
  • the overall height h of a transport and packaging container 10 lies within a range of between 88 mm and 97 mm if a plurality of cartridges, in particular precrimped cartridges, is held in the transport and packaging container 10 on the support 20 .
  • the support here can have a length within the range of 229 mm or 230 mm to 238 mm and a width within the range of 189 to 199 mm.
  • the outlay for the standard guidance and for the holding of the transport and packaging containers and supports is also very much smaller.
  • one and the same processing system can be used for treating or processing pharmaceutical packages of different type and/or of different geometry/dimensions or nominal volumes without a complicated readjustment of components of the processing system being required for this purpose.
  • one and the same filling line can be used for filling pharmaceutical packages of different type and/or of different geometry/dimensions without a complicated readjustment of components of the processing system being required for this purpose.
  • a complicated readjustment of the height position of filling needles or comparable filling devices for filling the containers can be avoided.
  • the method includes filling a first plurality of containers with a filling device.
  • the first plurality of containers which may include vials, cartridges, and/or syringes, are supported by a first holder, which is supported on a first step defining a first step height.
  • Filling the first plurality of containers includes moving a plurality of filling needles of the filling device to a filling needle height and dispensing a substance from the filling needles into each of the first plurality of containers.
  • the method further includes filling a second plurality of containers with the filling device.
  • the second plurality of containers which differ from the first plurality of containers in at least one aspect including a size, a shape, and/or a type, are supported by a second holder supported on a second step of a second transport and packaging container.
  • the second step defines a second step height that is equal to the first step height.
  • Filling the second plurality of containers includes moving the filling needles to the same filling needle height that is used to fill the first plurality of containers and dispensing the substance from the filling needles into each of the second plurality of containers.
  • Upper ends of the first plurality of containers and upper ends of the second plurality of containers may each be held at a same set height during filling, allowing the filling needles to dispense substance into both the first plurality of containers and the second plurality of containers while being held at the filling needle height. It should thus be appreciated that exemplary embodiments provided according to the present invention allow for a wide variety of containers to be filled by a filling device without having to adjust the filling procedure, which can result in a substantial savings in time and cost.
  • one and the same processing system can be flexibly used for treating or processing pharmaceutical packages in the different phases of a medicament (clinical trials, introduction onto the market in low piece numbers, mass production in large batches), without a complicated readjustment of components of the processing system being required for this purpose. Even a just in time production and decanting of very high quality medicaments, for example for gene therapy, or of variable doses is easily possible according to the present invention without a complicated readjustment of components of a processing system being required for this purpose.

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