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Granted Patent B2
US 11,207,239 · App. 16/373,177 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Housing for a flexible container

Inventor: Thomas Wurm (Stumm, AT)
Assignee: SINGLE USE SUPPORT GMBH
A61J1/165A61J1/1468B65D25/14B65D77/06B65D81/022A61J1/10
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Patent No.
US 11,207,239
App. No.
16/373,177
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement includes a housing and a flexible container. The flexible container is arranged in the housing and filled with a medicine or another liquid which occurs in a pharmaceutical production process. The housing is at least partially lined with an elastic foam configured to compensate for an increase in volume of the flexible container that occurs upon freezing.

Claims (23)

1. An arrangement comprising:

a housing; and

a flexible container,

wherein:

the flexible container is arranged in the housing and filled with a liquid which occurs in a pharmaceutical production process;

the housing is at least partially lined with an elastic foam configured to completely compensate for an increase in volume of the flexible container that occurs upon freezing; and

the housing comprises cover layers made of metal.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the elastic foam has decreasing elasticity with decreasing temperature below a freezing point.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein a hardening of the elastic foam occurs at a temperature between 0 degrees Celsius to −30 degrees Celsius.

4. The arrangement of claim 3 , wherein the hardening is reversible.

5. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein a hardening of the elastic foam occurs at a temperature between −5 degrees Celsius and −25 degrees Celsius.

6. The arrangement of claim 5 , wherein the hardening is reversible.

7. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein a hardening of the elastic foam occurs at a temperature between −10 degrees Celsius and −20 degrees Celsius.

8. The arrangement of claim 7 , wherein the hardening is reversible.

9. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the flexible container is completely surrounded by the elastic foam.

10. The arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one attachment for the flexible container,

wherein the flexible container and the at least one attachment are completely surrounded by the elastic foam.

11. The arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one attachment for the flexible container; and

a foam block in the housing for receiving the at least one attachment.

12. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the housing is cuboidal.

13. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the liquid is a medicine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2019
From: WURM, THOMAS
To: SINGLE USE SUPPORT GMBH
Reel/Frame 049117/0870 →
Priority Claims (2)
AT A 60004/2017 · Jan 16, 2017 · national
AT GM 50100/2017 · May 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTAT2018060010 · Jan 15, 2018
Related Publication 20190224074A1 · Jul 25, 2019
Cited By (1)
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