CONTAINER WITH THERMALLY FUSED DOUBLE-SEAMED OR CRIMP-SEAMED METAL END

    公开(公告)号:US20190177033A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16280491

    申请日:2019-02-20

    摘要: A container includes a metal end applied and sealed to an all-thermoplastic container body by a crimp-seaming or double-seaming operation. The metal end has an outer curl joined to a chuck wall that extends down from the curl. One or both of the inner surface of the container side wall and the outer surface of the chuck wall has/have a heat-sealable material thereon. The metal end is crimp-seamed or double-seamed to the container body and the heat-sealable material(s) are heated to soften or melt such that the interface between the chuck wall and the side wall is fused. The interface is oriented along a direction relative to internal pressure exerted on the metal end such that stress on the interface caused by the internal pressure is predominantly shear stress.

    Silicone gel-coated wound dressing
    62.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10314748B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15051466

    申请日:2016-02-23

    申请人: KCI USA, INC.

    摘要: A wound dressing product that includes a substrate layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; a tacky silicone coating composition present on the upper surface and on the lower surface; and upper and lower release sheets covering the substrate and the tacky silicone coating composition on the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, and adhered to the surfaces by the tacky silicone coating composition, wherein the upper surface is less tacky than the lower surface whereby the upper release sheet can be removed from the upper surface more readily than the lower release sheet can be removed from the lower surface. Also provided are methods for making such dressings.

    METHOD FOR FILLING PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS
    63.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190135462A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:US16238433

    申请日:2019-01-02

    摘要: In one general aspect, a method for filling multiple containers with a pharmaceutical product is disclosed, which comprises decontaminating sealed nested materials in a transfer chamber, removing from the sealed nested materials one or both of a container nest holding the multiple containers and a closure nest holding multiple closures, transferring from the transfer chamber to a controlled environment enclosure the removed nest, aseptically filling the containers with the pharmaceutical product, and closing the containers with the multiple closures. The nests are configured to allow multiple closures and containers to be simultaneously aligned concentrically, and closed simultaneously. Spring-loaded retaining structures on the closure nest allow it to releasably retain multiple closures above the corresponding multiple containers. In some embodiments the spring-loaded features are monolithically integrated with the closure nest. The product may be lyophilized in partially sealed containers while the sealing closures are releasably retained by the closure nest.

    Sterilisation of package articles
    65.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10178874B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-15

    申请号:US15181258

    申请日:2016-06-13

    申请人: Ozonica Limited

    摘要: An apparatus for sterilising a packaged product (16) such as food or drink comprises a pair of gas filled electrodes (1, 2) connected to a power supply (18) for generating a high voltage pulses between the electrodes (1, 2) sufficient to ionise the gas therein and to create a high electromagnetic field therebetween. A reflector (7) is provided for directing the generated field towards the package (16), such that the electromagnetic field penetrates through the wall of the package (16) and forms cold plasma from the trapped air inside the package (16). This cold plasma comprises ozone and other reactive oxygen based species which have a high oxidizing potential and kill all microorganisms in contact with the ozone and reactive species resulting in the disinfection of the product as well as the interior of the sealed package.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING AND PACKAGING MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS OR THE LIKE

    公开(公告)号:US20180339797A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US15602739

    申请日:2017-05-23

    摘要: A cleansing and packaging system for pipeline preparation of specialty medical instruments and method for cleansing and packaging instruments are provided herein. The cleansing and packaging system includes a first sealable cleansing compartment and a second sealable packaging compartment. A conveyor device transports medical instruments to be cleansed through a sealing entry door to the cleansing compartment, then to the packaging compartment through a sealing joining door, and then out of the packaging compartment through a sealing exit door. The cleansing compartment includes a sanitation system and a sterilization system, each which includes its own inspection devices that operate continuously to confirm the success of sanitation and sterilization operations. The packaging compartment includes a packaging system, which may include its own inspection devices that operate continuously to confirm the quality of the packaging of medical instruments. The pipeline approach provides greater availability of limited specialty medical instruments to hospital physicians.

    Methods for disinfecting or sterilizing articles

    公开(公告)号:US10046899B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-14

    申请号:US14736339

    申请日:2015-06-11

    发明人: Joseph Dunn

    摘要: Disclosed herein are materials and methods for reducing, preventing, or eliminating the biological contamination of surfaces in spaces that are reasonably partitioned, defined or contained. A reagent that includes peroxides or molecules that includes peroxide bonds are contacted with at least one surface of an article. Some of these methods include disinfection within an apparatus and may include the step of volatilizing the peroxide bond containing agent, through, for example, vapor pressure and vaporization or evaporation effects, the addition of volatilization aids, or passive or assisted diffusion at modest temperatures and relatively long exposure times measured in some embodiments on the order of hours, days, or months. In some embodiments a liquid that includes a peroxide moiety is added (for example, during manufacture or subsequently) to a package, container, or any other reasonably partitioned or contained volume and allowed to migrate within the confined space for a period of time sufficient to disinfect the inner surfaces of the container and articles it contains.

    Method of packaging sterilized products

    公开(公告)号:US10035615B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US14068474

    申请日:2013-10-31

    摘要: The invention provides a method of packaging a sterilized product. The method includes the steps of providing a product and sterilizing the product. The sterilized product is enclosed in a first layer, which is substantially hermetically sealed to form a first sealed enclosure. The first sealed enclosure is enclosed in a second layer, which is substantially hermetically sealed to form a second sealed enclosure. The second sealed enclosure is enclosed in a third layer, which is substantially hermetically sealed to form a third sealed enclosure. The third sealed enclosure is enclosed in a fourth layer, which is substantially hermetically sealed to form a packaged product.