US 12,269,658 B2
Sealed container comprising a device for releasable connection to an enclosure
Julien Felix, Vendome (FR); Jean-Luc Schneider, Saint Firmin des Pres (FR); and Thierry Girard, Paris (FR)
Assigned to ABC TRANSFER, Tours (FR)
Appl. No. 17/774,627
Filed by ABC TRANSFER, Tours (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FR2020/052007
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/089949, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. FR1912407 (FR), filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396403 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 53/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 53/02 (2013.01) [B65D 51/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealed container comprising:
a flexible film arranged to define an internal space and a through-opening;
a door closing off the through-opening;
a sealed connection device arranged to allow the flexible film to be connected to a complementary connection device of a sterile enclosure by providing sterile communication between the internal space of said container and that of the enclosure, the connection device comprising:
an assembly flange for assembling the door to the flexible film; and
means for connection to the complementary connection device of the enclosure, said assembly flange delimiting the through-opening of the flexible film, characterized in that the assembly flange is constituted by two pieces distinct from each other, respectively forming an external sleeve and an internal sleeve on which the door is mounted; and
a means of ensuring the sealing of the external sleeve with the flexible film gripped between the external sleeve and the internal sleeve, said means of ensuring the sealing being an annular seal housed in an internal peripheral groove of the external sleeve to bear on the internal sleeve, said flexible film being gripping between the annular seal and the internal sleeve;
wherein the external sleeve is mounted clipped onto the internal sleeve.