IP Library Granted Patent US 12,383,667
Granted Patent B2
US 12,383,667 · App. 18/098,855 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Holding device having a total height R

Inventors: Christian Komann (Speicher, CH); Ulrich Walcher (St. Gallen, CH)
Assignee: SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG
A61M5/008A61J1/16B65D25/108
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Patent No.
US 12,383,667
App. No.
18/098,855
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A holding device, for holding a plurality of primary packaging containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, includes: a plate-shaped carrier element which includes a plurality of through-holes; a plurality of receptacles, each being configured for accommodating a respective one of the plurality of primary packaging containers, each of the plurality of receptacles including a longitudinal direction and a receptacle wall which partially encloses a receptacle interior and forms a wall body, the wall body extending in the longitudinal direction through a respective one of the plurality of through-holes and, for each of the plurality of receptacles, having an interior surface which faces the receptacle interior and an exterior surface which faces opposite to the interior surface, at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles having a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the interior surface which is not more than 0.50 mm.

Claims (29)

1. A holding device for holding a plurality of primary packaging containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, the holding device comprising:

a plate-shaped carrier element which includes a plurality of through-holes;

a plurality of receptacles, each of which is configured for accommodating a respective one of the plurality of primary packaging containers, each of the plurality of receptacles including a longitudinal direction and a receptacle wall which partially encloses a receptacle interior and forms a wall body, the wall body extending in the longitudinal direction through a respective one of the plurality of through-holes and, for each of the plurality of receptacles, having an interior surface which faces the receptacle interior and an exterior surface which faces opposite to the interior surface, at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles having a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the interior surface which is not more than 0.50 mm, each of the plurality of receptacles including a first end and a second end, the wall body including a first opening at the first end, a second opening at the second end which, in the longitudinal direction, is opposite to the first end, at least one first edge, and at least one second edge, the first opening of the wall body being laterally directly surrounded by the at least one first edge, the second opening of the wall body being laterally directly surrounded by the at least one second edge.

2. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface is not more than 0.40 mm.

3. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface is not more than 0.30 mm.

4. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface is not more than 0.20 mm.

5. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface is not more than 0.10 mm.

6. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least 60% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface.

7. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least 70% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface.

8. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least 80% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface.

9. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least 90% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have the maximum total height R t of the roughness profile of the interior surface.

10. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a total height R t of a roughness profile of at least one of the at least one first edge and the at least one second edge which is not more than 0.50 mm.

11. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein, for each of the plurality of receptacles, the wall body includes a retaining part which extends laterally, limits the receptacle interior in the longitudinal direction or in a counter-direction of the longitudinal direction, and includes the first opening or the second opening.

12. The holding device according to claim 11 , wherein the retaining part includes a lateral surface, wherein, for each of the plurality of receptacles, the first opening or the second opening is laterally limited by the lateral surface of the retaining part, wherein at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the lateral surface of the retaining part of not more than 0.50 mm.

13. The holding device according to claim 12 , wherein at least 70% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the lateral surface of the retaining part.

14. The holding device according to claim 12 , at least 90% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the lateral surface of the retaining part.

15. The holding device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of primary packaging containers are selected from the group consisting of: vials; syringes; cartridges; ampoules; or a combination of at least two thereof.

16. A holding device for holding a plurality of primary packaging containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, the holding device comprising:

a plate-shaped carrier element which includes a plurality of through-holes;

a plurality of receptacles, each of which is configured for accommodating a respective one of the plurality of primary packaging containers, each of the plurality of receptacles including a longitudinal direction and a receptacle wall which partially encloses a receptacle interior and forms a wall body, the wall body extending in the longitudinal direction through a respective one of the plurality of through-holes and, for each of the plurality of receptacles, having an interior surface which faces the receptacle interior and an exterior surface which faces opposite to the interior surface, at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles having a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the interior surface which is not more than 0.50 mm, wherein, for each of the plurality of receptacles, the wall body includes at least one intermediate surface which (a) is neither part of the interior surface nor of the exterior surface, and (b) faces in the longitudinal direction or in a counter-direction of the longitudinal direction, wherein at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the at least one intermediate surface of not more than 0.50 mm.

17. The holding device according to claim 16 , wherein at least 70% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the at least one intermediate surface.

18. The holding device according to claim 16 , wherein at least 90% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles have a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the at least one intermediate surface.

19. A transport unit, comprising:

an arrangement including:

a holding device for holding a plurality of primary packaging containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, the holding device comprising:

a plate-shaped carrier element which includes a plurality of through-holes;

a plurality of receptacles, each of which is configured for accommodating a respective one of the plurality of primary packaging containers, each of the plurality of receptacles including a longitudinal direction and a receptacle wall which partially encloses a receptacle interior and forms a wall body, the wall body extending in the longitudinal direction through a respective one of the plurality of through-holes and, for each of the plurality of receptacles, having an interior surface which faces the receptacle interior and an exterior surface which faces opposite to the interior surface, at least 50% of respective ones of the plurality of receptacles having a maximum total height R t of a roughness profile of the interior surface which is not more than 0.50 mm, each of the plurality of receptacles including a first end and a second end, the wall body including a first opening at the first end, a second opening at the second end which, in the longitudinal direction, is opposite to the first end, at least one first edge, and at least one second edge, the first opening of the wall body being laterally directly surrounded by the at least one first edge, the second opening of the wall body being laterally directly surrounded by the at least one second edge;

the plurality of primary packaging containers, each of which is accommodated respectively in one of the plurality of receptacles; and

a secondary packaging container, the holding device and the plurality of primary packaging containers being arranged completely in the secondary packaging container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2023
From: KOMANN, CHRISTIAN; WALCHER, ULRICH
To: SCHOTT PHARMA SCHWEIZ AG
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 22154057 · Jan 28, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230302217A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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