US 12,446,987 B2
Medical container packaging
Wenzel Novak, Bünde (DE); Ramses Cuevas, Deptford, NJ (US); Udo Leuschner, Regensburg (DE); and Riccardo Prete, Ponte San Nicolo (IT)
Assigned to Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Düsseldorf (DE); and Stevanato Group S.p.A., Piombino Dese (IT)
Filed by Wenzel Novak, Bünde (DE); Ramses Cuevas, Deptford, NJ (US); Udo Leuschner, Regensburg (DE); and Riccardo Prete, Ponte San Nicolo (IT)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/352,005.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,169, filed on Jul. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016570 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/30 (2016.02) [A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3014 (2016.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging for medical containers, the packaging comprising:
a tub comprising:
a bottom wall comprising at least one aperture through the bottom wall; and
peripheral sidewalls extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, the peripheral sidewalls comprising a peripheral flange along top edges of the peripheral sidewalls, the peripheral sidewalls forming an opening at a top of the tub opposite to the bottom wall;
an insert of porous material connected to the tub and disposed over the at least one aperture through the bottom wall;
a nest configured to support a plurality of medical containers; and
a sealing layer connected to the peripheral flange with adhesive between the peripheral flange and the sealing layer to hermetically seal the opening at the top of the tub, the adhesive is disposed in a continuous, non-linear pattern along the peripheral flange.