公开(公告)号：US11434032B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16770981

申请日：2018-12-11

Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

Inventor： Francesco Sanmartin

IPC: B65B59/04 ,  A61L2/04 ,  B65B3/00 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B43/42 ,  B65B55/02

Abstract: A modular production system including a plurality of production modules connected in a linear series to form a production tunnel, and collectively defining a production channel, and wherein at least one fluid inlet port defined along the production tunnel, said inlet port is in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source, whereby influx of fluid from said fluid source through said fluid inlet port acts to maintain the fluid pressure within the production channel at a higher pressure than the atmospheric pressure outside of the production tunnel; and wherein one of said production modules positioned between said proximal-most and distal-most production modules comprises a depyrogenator and/or sterilization module, comprising a transparent tubular body, and an irradiation source positioned external to said transparent tubular body, said irradiation source capable of heating the internal environment of the depyrogenation and/or sterilization module to a temperature sufficient to depyrogenate or sterilize articles passing therethrough.

公开(公告)号：US12043436B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17896538

申请日：2022-08-26

Applicant: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

Inventor： Francesco Sanmartin

IPC: A61L2/04 ,  B65B3/00 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B43/42 ,  B65B55/02 ,  B65B59/04

CPC classification number: B65B59/04 ,  A61L2/04 ,  B65B3/003 ,  B65B7/2821 ,  B65B43/42 ,  B65B55/025 ,  A61L2202/21

Abstract: A modular production system including a plurality of production modules connected in a linear series to form a production tunnel, and collectively defining a production channel, and wherein at least one fluid inlet port defined along the production tunnel, said inlet port is in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source, whereby influx of fluid from said fluid source through said fluid inlet port acts to maintain the fluid pressure within the production channel at a higher pressure than the atmospheric pressure outside of the production tunnel; and wherein one of said production modules positioned between said proximal-most and distal-most production modules comprises a depyrogenator and/or sterilization module, comprising a transparent tubular body, and an irradiation source positioned external to said transparent tubular body, said irradiation source capable of heating the internal environment of the depyrogenation and/or sterilization module to a temperature sufficient to depyrogenate or sterilize articles passing therethrough, and associated processes.