IP Library Granted Patent US 10,632,246
Granted Patent B2
US 10,632,246 · App. 15/747,730 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Container for closing caps for syringes

Inventors: Walter Bianco (Trieste, IT); Gabriele Kucich (Trieste, IT); Fabio Fioravanti (Trieste, IT)
Assignee: Health Robotics S.r.l.
A61M5/002A61M5/3134A61M2005/3104A61M2207/10
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Patent No.
US 10,632,246
App. No.
15/747,730
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container for closing caps for syringes has a plurality of seats, each of which is suited to be engaged, in a sliding manner, by a respective closing cap, and has a movable portion configured to move between a locking position of the relevant closing cap in the seat and a release position.

Claims (19)

1. A container for closing caps ( 2 ) for syringes ( 3 ), the container comprising a plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ), which are suited to be each engaged, in a sliding manner, by a respective closing cap ( 2 ); and a guide rod ( 18 ), which extends on the outside of the seats ( 13 ) and is movable in the alignment direction ( 19 ); each tooth projecting from the guide rod ( 18 ) transversely to the alignment direction ( 19 );

wherein each of the plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ) has a movable portion ( 20 ; 38 ), which is configured to move between a locking position, in which it locks the respective closing cap ( 2 ) in one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ), and a release position; and

wherein the seats ( 13 ) are aligned with one another in an alignment direction ( 19 ); each movable portion ( 20 ) comprising a movable tooth, which moves in the alignment direction ( 19 ) between said locking and release positions.

2. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion ( 20 ) is arranged so as to lock the closing cap ( 2 ) in the seat ( 13 ) parallel to a direction ( 16 ) in which the closing cap ( 2 ) is inserted/extracted into/from said one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ).

3. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion ( 20 ) moves transversely to a direction ( 16 ) in which the closing cap ( 2 ) is inserted/extracted into/from said one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ) between its locking position, wherein the movable portion ( 20 ) defines a closing cap of said one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ), and its release position, in which the mobile portion ( 20 ) is arranged outside of the one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ).

4. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein, when it is arranged in its release position, each tooth extends between two adjacent seats ( 13 ).

5. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of seats ( 13 ) are arranged according to two parallel rows ( 14 , 15 ) of seats ( 13 ), which are arranged one next to the other; the guide rod ( 18 ) extending between the two rows ( 14 , 15 ) of seats ( 13 ).

6. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein the guide rod ( 18 ) projects outwards from the container in the alignment direction ( 19 ).

7. Container, according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion ( 38 ) is arranged so as to lock the respective closing cap ( 2 ) in said one of the plurality of seats ( 35 ) transversely to a direction ( 16 ) in which the closing cap ( 2 ) is inserted/extracted into/from said one of the plurality of seats ( 35 ).

8. Container, according to claim 7 , wherein each seat ( 35 ) is delimited by a lateral wall ( 36 ), a part thereof being movable transversely to the insertion/extraction direction ( 16 ) so as to define the movable portion ( 38 ).

9. Container, according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of seats ( 35 ) are aligned with one another in an alignment direction ( 19 ); the movable portions ( 38 ) of the plurality of seats ( 35 ) being obtained in a movable plate ( 39 ) extending in the alignment direction ( 19 ).

10. Container, according to claim 9 , and comprising, furthermore, a bottom wall ( 31 ), which is substantially perpendicular to the insertion/extraction direction ( 16 ); the movable plate ( 39 ) extending through the bottom wall ( 31 ), so as to define a hold appendage ( 40 ), which projects outwards from the container in order to allow the movable plate ( 39 ) to be moved orthogonally to the alignment and insertion/extraction directions ( 19 , 16 ).

11. Container, according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of seats ( 35 ) are arranged according to two parallel rows ( 33 , 34 ) of seats ( 35 ), which are arranged one next to the other; the plurality of seats ( 35 ) of each row ( 33 , 34 ) of seats ( 35 ) being delimited by a relevant movable plate ( 39 ).

12. A container for closing caps ( 2 ) for syringes ( 3 ), the container comprising a plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ), which are suited to be each engaged, in a sliding manner, by a respective closing cap ( 2 ), and a bottom wall ( 31 ), which is substantially perpendicular to the insertion/extraction direction ( 16 );

wherein each of the plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ) has a movable portion ( 20 ; 38 ), which is configured to move between a locking position, in which it locks the respective closing cap ( 2 ) in one of the plurality of seats ( 13 ; 35 ), and a release position;

wherein the movable portion ( 38 ) is arranged so as to lock the respective closing cap ( 2 ) in the respective seat ( 35 ) transversely to a direction ( 16 ) in which the closing cap ( 2 ) is inserted/extracted into/from said one of the plurality of seats ( 35 );

wherein said one of the plurality of seats ( 35 ) is delimited by a lateral wall ( 36 ), a part thereof being movable transversely to the insertion/extraction direction ( 16 ) so as to define the movable portion ( 38 );

wherein the plurality of seats ( 35 ) are aligned with one another in an alignment direction ( 19 ); the movable portions ( 38 ) of the plurality of seats ( 35 ) being obtained in a movable plate ( 39 ) extending in the alignment direction ( 19 ); and

wherein the movable plate ( 39 ) extends through the bottom wall ( 31 ), so as to define a hold appendage ( 40 ), which projects outwards from the container in order to allow the movable plate ( 39 ) to be moved orthogonally to the alignment and insertion/extraction directions ( 19 , 16 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.
To: OMNICELL S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 059521/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: BIANCO, WALTER; KUCICH, GABRIELE; FIORAVANTI, FABIO
To: HEALTH ROBOTICS S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 048212/0085 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102015000038846 · Jul 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190001049A1 · Jan 3, 2019
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