US 11,931,542 B2
Nest for supporting a plurality of medical containers, a medical container pack comprising this nest, and a method for manufacturing a medical container
Grégory Peruzzo, Prunieres (FR)
Assigned to Becton Dickinson France, Le Pont de Claix (FR)
Appl. No. 17/051,902
Filed by Becton Dickinson France, Le Pont de Claix (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/060510
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/211139, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18305547 (EP), filed on May 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106749 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/008 (2013.01) [A61M 5/3135 (2013.01); A61M 5/3137 (2013.01); B65B 3/006 (2013.01); B65D 21/0201 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3139 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3142 (2013.01); B65B 2230/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nest for supporting a plurality of medical containers, said nest comprising:
a plurality of breakable connecting bridges;
a plurality of flanges arranged in a predetermined pattern and configured to form the flanges of a plurality of medical containers, said flanges being connected to said breakable connecting bridges, the plurality of flanges having a proximal face, configured to form a push surface for applying a force on the flange in order to break the connecting bridges, and a distal face opposite said proximal face, said distal face being configured to receive a user's fingers during use of the medical containers; and
a plate-shaped supporting structure attached to said breakable connecting bridges in order to support said plurality of flanges,
wherein the flanges, the breakable connecting bridges and the supporting structure are molded in a single piece so that the flanges are integrally formed with the breakable connecting bridges and the supporting structure.