US 12,214,920 B2
System and method for the sterile filling of containers
Jordi Boira Bonhora, Barcelona (ES); Carlos Roura Salietti, Barcelona (ES); and David Pages Becerra, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 17/924,344
Filed by GRIFOLS WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed May 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061885
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228661, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20382399 (EP), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182947 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 55/06 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 55/06 (2013.01) [A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2202/23 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for the sterile filling of containers for pharmaceutical products, comprising:
a device for sterilizing containers; and
a sterilized-containers filling machine,
wherein the device for sterilizing containers comprises at least a first autoclave, and wherein the system comprises an automated container-accumulation device and means for automatically transporting the containers sterilized in the autoclave from said autoclave to the sterilized-containers filling machine via said container-accumulation device;
wherein the container-accumulation device comprises an accumulating plate, wherein the sterilized-containers are directed to the accumulation plate via the means for automatically transporting the containers, and wherein the accumulation plate is configured to direct the at least some of the sterilized containers to the sterilized-containers filling machine via the means for automatically transporting the containers.