US 12,134,491 B2
Method and device for flexibly treating pharmaceutical packages
Gregor Fritz Deutschle, Idstein (DE); Anil Kumar Busimi, St. Gallen (CH); Bertram Kimmerle, Widnau (CH); Arne Kloke, St. Gallen (CH); and Fabian Stöcker, Usingen (DE)
Assigned to SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA, Mainz (DE); and SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed by SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co., KGaA, Mainz (DE); and SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,039.
Application 17/831,039 is a division of application No. 16/853,178, filed on Apr. 20, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/853,178 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/079026, filed on Oct. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 124 908.7 (DE), filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380070 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 55/08 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 3/003 (2013.01) [B65B 5/067 (2013.01); B65B 5/068 (2013.01); B65B 55/025 (2013.01); B65B 55/08 (2013.01); B65B 59/003 (2019.05); B65D 77/0446 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of filling pharmaceutical containers, comprising:
filling a first plurality of containers with a filling device as the first plurality of containers are supported by a first holder supported on a first step of a first transport and packaging container, the first step defining a first step height, filling the first plurality of containers comprising moving a plurality of filling needles of the filling device to a filling needle height and dispensing a substance from the filling needles into each of the first plurality of containers simultaneously; and
filling a second plurality of containers with the filling device as the second plurality of containers are supported by a second holder supported on a second step of a second transport and packaging container, the second step defining a second step height that is equal to the first step height, filling the second plurality of containers comprising moving the filling needles to the filling needle height and dispensing the substance from the filling needles into each of the second plurality of containers simultaneously, the second plurality of containers differing from the first plurality of containers in at least one aspect comprising at least one of a size, a shape, or a type, wherein the first transport and packaging container and the second transport and packaging container each define a respective overall height within a range of between 51 mm and 97 mm, wherein at least one of the first holder or the second holder has a length within a range of 229 mm to 238 mm.