US 12,440,616 B2
Tray for receiving a plurality of medical hollow bodies
Ralph Stefan, Ebenweiler (DE); Markus Behrendt, Berg (DE); Holger Pupke, Balingen (DE); and Karoline Moller, Ravensburg (DE)
Assigned to Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG, Ravensburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/010,929
Filed by Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG, Ravensburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/065868
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/254918, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 207 588.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0226419 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/008 (2013.01) [B65D 1/36 (2013.01); B65D 25/103 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tray (1) for holding a plurality of medical hollow bodies (49), comprising
a bottom plate (3) having a top side (5) and a bottom side (7), wherein
an all-around wall (11) is disposed along outer edges (9) of the tray (1) on the top side (5), wherein
the bottom plate (3) and the wall (11) delimit a receiving volume (13) for receiving the medical hollow bodies (49), wherein
the tray (1) has a finite length along a longitudinal direction (L) and a finite width along a width direction (B) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (L), wherein
the tray (1) comprises at least one holding structure (15) for holding medical hollow bodies (49), wherein the at least one holding structure (15) is devoid of a fixed clamping element, wherein the at least one holding structure (15) comprises:
a first holding wall (17) extending from a first width portion (21) of the wall (11) to an opposite second width portion (23) of the wall (11) in the longitudinal direction (L), spaced first breakthroughs (25) being formed in the first holding wall (17),
a second holding wall (19) spaced from said first holding wall (17) by a first width distance (ΔB1) and extending parallel to said first holding wall (17) from said first width portion (21) to said second width portion (23), said second holding wall (19) having formed therein spaced second breakthroughs (27), each of said second breakthroughs (27) being aligned with an associated one of said first breakthroughs (25), and
a row (29) of distance elements (33) spaced from the first holding wall and the second holding wall (17,19) by a second width distance (ΔB2) and extending parallel to the first holding wall and the second holding wall (17,19) to form a plurality of spaces (31), the distance elements (33) being arranged offset from the first breakthroughs (25,27) such that each of the spaces (31) is aligned with a respective one of the first and second breakthroughs (25,27) so that
a clamp-free holding position (35) for a medical hollow body (49) is defined by a respective one of said spaces (31), an associated first breakthrough (25) and an associated second breakthrough (27), said holding position (35) extending in width direction (B), and wherein
the first width distance (ΔB1) is smaller than the second width distance (ΔB2).