WO2009037534A1 - Contenant pouvant être refermé pour produits fluides, en particulier pour produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires - Google Patents

Contenant pouvant être refermé pour produits fluides, en particulier pour produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires Download PDF

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WO2009037534A1
WO2009037534A1 PCT/IB2008/001701 IB2008001701W WO2009037534A1 WO 2009037534 A1 WO2009037534 A1 WO 2009037534A1 IB 2008001701 W IB2008001701 W IB 2008001701W WO 2009037534 A1 WO2009037534 A1 WO 2009037534A1
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container according
closing cap
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Antonio Fontana
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Lameplast S.P.A.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • B65D1/0238—Integral frangible closures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/05—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids ; Infusion or perfusion containers
    • A61J1/06—Ampoules or carpules
    • A61J1/067—Flexible ampoules, the contents of which are expelled by squeezing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/09—Ampoules
    • B65D1/095—Ampoules made of flexible material
    • 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
    • B65D39/00—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers
    • B65D39/16—Closures arranged within necks or pouring openings or in discharge apertures, e.g. stoppers with handles or other special means facilitating manual actuation

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  • This invention refers to a re-closeable container for fluid products, particularly for medical products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or the like.
  • re-closeable containers made of plastic material, for medical products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, or the like, which are produced by blowing and/or moulding in two parts, one of which is constituted by the container body, while the other part is constituted by closing means, to keep the container closed after manufacture and to re-close it after use.
  • the closing means are inserted in or coupled to the container neck after manufacture and remain in that position until they are first opened for use.
  • This type of single-dose or multi-dose container for fluid products consists in a hollow body A that contains the fluid product and a closing cap B which is obtained by injection moulding integrally with the hollow body A along a breakable type pre- formed fracture line C.
  • the closing cap B is torn from the hollow body A and, at the pre-formed fracture line C, an outlet opening is formed from which the fluid product can be dispensed by the user.
  • the closing cap B has a coupling element D which is solid in shape, on which the following are obtained: the pre-formed fracture line C, a shutter element E, which is associated to the coupling element D on the opposite side to the pre-formed fracture line C, and a side wall F, which is associated to the coupling element D and arranged around the shutter element E.
  • the closing cap B is once again associated to the hollow body A by fitting the side wall F around the neck of the hollow body A and inserting the shutter element E to measure into the outlet opening.
  • These containers are undoubtedly cheaper to manufacture than the former type, but they have the disadvantage that the particular shape of the coupling element D sometimes determines an incorrect shaping of the piece.
  • cases in which small air bubbles remain trapped inside the closing cap B near the pre-formed fracture line C are frequent, and this risks weakening the resistance and the sealing of the cap itself, causing leakage and/or compromising the sterility and asepticity of the fluid product contained in the container. This circumstance is highly dangerous, particularly in the event of containers destined to contain pharmaceutical substances for which maximum sterility must be guaranteed.
  • the background art is susceptible to numerous improvements concerning the possibility to eliminate the above-described drawbacks.
  • the above in fact leads to the need to resolve the technical problem of designing a re-closeable container for fluid products, particularly for medical products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or the like, which can be manufactured in a practical, easy and economic manner, which assures the preservation of the product contained therein in a sterile and aseptic manner and which, after opening, can be re-sealed reducing the risk of pollution or leakage of the substance it contains to a minimum.
  • Another object of this invention is to design a re-closeable container for fluid products, particularly for medical products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or the like, that permits overcoming the mentioned drawbacks of the background art as part of a simple, rational and low cost, as well as easy and efficient-to-use solution.
  • this re-closeable container for fluid products comprising at least one hollow containment body for containing a fluid product and at least one closing cap which, in an initial configuration, is associated integrally to said hollow body along a pre-formed fracture line suitable for allowing the separation of said closing cap from said hollow body in a configuration of separation in which on said hollow body an outlet opening is obtained for said fluid product, said closing cap comprising at least one coupling element on which said pre-formed fracture line is obtained and at least one shutter element which is associated to said coupling element on the opposite side to said pre-formed fracture line and which can be placed inside said outlet opening in said configuration of separation, characterized by the fact that said closing cap comprises at least one lightening groove obtained in the surface of said coupling element opposite to said pre-formed fracture line.
  • figure 1 is a longitudinal section view of a detail of traditional type containers
  • figure 2 is a front, partially in section, view of a strip of containers according to the invention
  • figure 3 is a view on an enlarged scale of a detail of the section along the track plane III - III of figure 2.
  • Each container 2 comprises a hollow containment body 3 for containing a fluid product, which substantially extends lengthways along a corresponding longitudinal axis L.
  • an introduction mouth 4 is defined for filling with the fluid product; the closure of the introduction mouth 4 (for example, by sealing the mouth lips together) is done once the product has been introduced.
  • the hollow body 3 extends into a neck 5.
  • Each container 2 also comprises a closing cap 6 which, in an initial configuration, is integrally associated to the corresponding hollow body 3 along a pre- formed fracture line 7 obtained on the neck 5.
  • pre-formed fracture line refers to an area of the containers 2 which presents a weakened section and which is therefore more easily breakable.
  • the pre-formed fracture lines 7, in particular, are suitable for allowing the separation of the closing caps 6 from the hollow bodies 3 in such a way as to define a configuration of separation in which on the hollow bodies 3, at the preformed fracture lines 7, an equal number of outlet openings of the fluid products are obtained.
  • the containers 2 are made integrally in a single body piece in the aforementioned initial configuration through, e.g., an injection moulding production process. After filling the hollow bodies 3 with the fluid product and sealing the introduction mouths 4, the containers 2 are meant to be opened by the user only just before use, by breaking the pre-formed fracture lines 7 and separating the closing caps 6 from the hollow bodies 3.
  • each closing cap 6 comprises a coupling element 8 on which, on one side, the pre-formed fracture line 7 is obtained and, on the opposite side, it extends into a shutter element 9 which can be placed inside the outlet opening in the configuration of separation.
  • This shutter element 9 is composed, e.g., of a pin which extends from the coupling element 8 coaxially to the longitudinal axis L.
  • the closing cap 6 also has a side wall 10 that is associated to the coupling element 8 on the opposite side to the pre-formed fracture line 7.
  • This side wall 10 has a substantially cylindrical shape and is arranged coaxially around the pin 9.
  • each closing cap 6 has a lightening groove 1 1 obtained in the surface of the coupling element 8 on the opposite side to the pre-formed fracture line 7.
  • the lightening groove 1 1 extends in a circular form around the shutter element 9 and coaxially to the longitudinal axis L.
  • the section of the lightening groove 1 1 along a longitudinal plane is given in the detailed view of figure 3 and has a substantially pointed shape with the apex facing the pre-formed fracture line 7.
  • the lightening groove 1 1 is defined by a first surface 12 with a truncated-cone conformation, and a second surface 13, also with a truncated- cone shape, which present a symmetrical axis coaxial to the longitudinal axis L and which are sloped with respect to the longitudinal axis L with angles that are substantially opposite to one another.
  • each container 2 comprises a pair of first gripping fins 14, which protrude from the external side surface of the hollow body 3 from parts that are diametrically opposite to the longitudinal axis L, and a pair of second gripping fins 15, which protrude from the external side surface of the closing cap 6 and are co-planar to the first gripping fins 14.
  • the containers 2 of the strip 1 are joined together by the first gripping fins 14 and the second gripping fins 15.
  • the first gripping fins 14 of a container 2 are in fact associated along a first weakened area 16 to the first gripping fins 14 of the two containers 2 positioned adjacently.
  • the second gripping fins 15 of a container 2 are associated along a second weakened area 17 to the second gripping fins 17 of the two adjacent containers 2.
  • the lightening groove ensures an increase in the flexibility and manageability of the closing cap, which offers a guarantee of greater cap sealing once it has been fitted on the neck of the hollow body.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un contenant pouvant être refermé (3) pour des produits fluides, en particulier pour des produits médicaux, des produits pharmaceutiques, des cosmétiques ou des produits similaires. Le contenant comporte un corps de contenant creux (3) pour contenir un produit fluide et un capuchon de fermeture (6) qui, dans une configuration initiale, est intégré au corps creux le long d'une ligne de fracture préformée (7), appropriée pour permettre la séparation du capuchon de fermeture du corps creux afin de prendre une configuration de séparation dans laquelle, sur le corps creux (3), une ouverture de sortie est obtenue pour le produit fluide. Le capuchon de fermeture (6) comporte un élément de couplage (8) sur lequel est obtenue la ligne de fracture préformée (7), un élément obturateur (9) qui est associé à l'élément de couplage (8) sur le côté opposé à la ligne de fracture préformée et qui peut être disposé à l'intérieur de l'ouverture de sortie dans la configuration de séparation, et une rainure d'allègement (11) obtenue dans la surface de l'élément de couplage à l'opposé de la ligne de fracture préformée.
PCT/IB2008/001701 2007-09-20 2008-06-30 Contenant pouvant être refermé pour produits fluides, en particulier pour produits médicaux, pharmaceutiques, cosmétiques ou similaires WO2009037534A1 (fr)

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ES08788835T ES2389025T3 (es) 2007-09-20 2008-06-30 Recipiente para productos fluidos que puede volverse a cerrar
EP08788835A EP2190750B1 (fr) 2007-09-20 2008-06-30 Contenant pouvant être refermé pour produits fluides

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ITMO20070291 ITMO20070291A1 (it) 2007-09-20 2007-09-20 "contenitore richiudibile per prodotti fluidi, particolarmente per prodotti medicali, farmaceutici, cosmetici o simili".
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ITMO20100091A1 (it) * 2010-03-30 2011-10-01 Safta Spa Contenitore richiudibile

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US5897009A (en) * 1996-10-18 1999-04-27 Wheaton Usa, Inc. One-piece container closure assemblies

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US4512475A (en) * 1983-11-04 1985-04-23 Alberto Federighi Single or multiple dose container-closure assemblies
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US5897009A (en) * 1996-10-18 1999-04-27 Wheaton Usa, Inc. One-piece container closure assemblies

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2010051218A1 (fr) * 2008-10-27 2010-05-06 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated Contenants pour produits pouvant s'écouler
ITMO20100091A1 (it) * 2010-03-30 2011-10-01 Safta Spa Contenitore richiudibile
EP2371720A1 (fr) 2010-03-30 2011-10-05 Safta S.P.A. Récipient refermable

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