Abstract:
A sterilization process is performed on a preform or container made of resin after a corona discharge treatment is performed on an inner surface of the preform or container, the corona discharge treatment including applying a voltage produced in a corona discharge to an electrode that passes through an opening part of the preform or container, an insertion step of inserting the electrode to which the voltage is applied into the preform or container through the opening part, and a bottom part treatment step of treating an inner surface of a bottom part of the preform or container by bringing the electrode close to the bottom part until the corona discharge from the electrode changes discharge mode, and the sterilization process including a hydrogen peroxide supplying step of blasting a mist or gas of hydrogen peroxide solution or a mixture thereof to the preform or container.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an intravenous infusion dosage form of pemetrexed or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, having long term stability.
Abstract:
An automated, unmanned continuous system (200) for packaging flowable food products at elevated temperatures and pressures includes an upstream thermal processing station (202) to heat the food products and direct the heated food products to a pressurized unmanned filling station (204), whereat containers (242) are filled with the heated food products within a pressurized housing (232), and then transported to a pressurized and unmanned sealing station (206) where the containers are sealed with a lid or cover (283) within a pressurized housing (282). Thereafter, the filled and sealed containers (242) are routed from the pressurized housing (282) through a pressurized transfer tube or passageway (208) for further processing at a downstream thermal processing station (210).
Abstract:
A sealed, empty pouch, wherein the interior of the pouch is particle and pyrogen free, is made by (i) molding a tubular film including an inner surface and an outer surface, and blowing or otherwise directing micro-filtered air and/or other gas through the tubular film during molding; (ii) flattening the molded tubular film; (iii) sealing the flattened tubular film at spaced locations, cutting the sealed film at the spaced locations, and forming a plurality of empty pouches; (iv) over-molding a fitment to the outer surface of each of a plurality of empty pouches and forming a fluid-tight seal between the fitment and the interior of the pouch; and (v) preventing the collection of particles on the inner surface of each pouch, and the exposure of each such inner surface to an ambient atmosphere throughout steps (i) through (iv).
Abstract:
A device for sterilizing cuboid-shaped cardboard/plastic combipacks in an autoclave, wherein the packs consisting of product and packing are subjected to heat treatment at a certain temperature over a certain period of time, wherein the product consists of a liquid and chunky portions, and wherein mechanisms are provided inside the autoclave to drive the packs rotationally about a rotational spindle, and a cuboid-shaped cardboard/plastic combipack for use in such a device.A plurality of packs, are arranged closely adjacent to one another in parallel rows, to be arranged on support floors and for a plurality of support floors loaded with packs to be arranged one above the other and fixed in their mutual positions. The cardboard for the pack used therewith is made water-repellent by means of glue to reduce the intake of water.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing glass containers for pharmaceutical use. This method allows obtaining containers with a low degree of alkalinity. In some preferred embodiments the process allows the manufacture of sterile containers and substantially free of particles ready to be used by the pharmaceutical industry.
Abstract:
A method for heating a plurality of articles according to a prescribed heating profile is provided. The method includes heating a first test article in a small-scale microwave heating system and, based on the value of one or more parameters determined during this small-scale heating, determining a prescribed heating profile for the test article. Suitable parameters can include for example, net power discharged, sequential microwave distribution, average temperature and flow rate of the fluid in the heating chamber, and residence time. The heating profile can then be used to control a commercial-scale microwave heating system used to heat a plurality of similar articles.
Abstract:
A stopper and container body are molded in the same molding machine. An assembly device, such as a pick and place robot, transfers the stopper from one mold cavity into the opening in the container body located within another mold cavity, or vice versa, to assemble the stopper and container body. Then, the assembled container body and stopper are removed from the molding machine and transported to a needle filling and laser resealing station for filling and laser resealing. A laminar flow source directs a substantially laminar flow of air or sterile gas over the mold surfaces, stoppers and container bodies, and assembly device, to prevent contamination during assembly.
Abstract:
A filled and reclosable pressure vessel, in which a body is filled with a fluid, closed with a lid element (10, 100) and subjected to a heat treatment, with a lid surface (11, 110), and a closure (14) made of plastics as a lid element (10, 100), and at least one seal (16) arranged on the closure (14), the lid element (10, 100) being arranged in such a way that the closure (14) faces the interior of the sealed pressure vessel, wherein the lid surface (11, 110) and the closure (14) are arranged in such a way that the lid surface (11, 110) has a first distance (a1) from a first reference plane (E1) which substantially extends through the at least one sealing surface (16a) on the first surface (111) of the lid surface (11, 110), and the closure (14) extends at a second distance from a second reference plane which extends through the at least one seal (16), with the first distance (a1) being chosen to be larger than the second distance.
Abstract:
A drink package is manufactured by a method including the steps of: blasting hydrogen peroxide mist (M) or gas (G) into a container (2) in an erected attitude through a mouth portion (2a); activating the hydrogen peroxide in the container (2) in an inverted attitude by blasting heated aseptic air (N) through the mouth portion (2a) thereof directed downward, and simultaneously, removing foreign substance (P) from the inside of the container (2) by replacing air in the container (2) with the aseptic air (N); filling the container (2) in the erected attitude with drink (a) through the mouth portion (2a) directed upward; and closing the mouth portion (2a) of the container (2) by applying a lid (3) to the mouth portion (2a) of the container (2).