US 12,151,839 B2
Machine for the preparation of a medical product with a removable device for loading medical containers and method for introducing the removable device into the machine
Borja Lizari Illarramendi, Arrasate (ES); Naiara Telleria Garay, Arrasate (ES); Patxi Urtzelai Aranbarri, Arrasate (ES); Jose Ignacio Andres Pineda, Arrasate (ES); and Amaia Ilzarbe Andres, Arrasate (ES)
Assigned to Kiro Grifols, S.L., Arrasate (ES)
Filed by KIRO GRIFOLS, S.L., Arrasate (ES)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,666.
Claims priority of application No. 22382632 (EP), filed on Jul. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002083 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 43/54 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); B65B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 43/54 (2013.01) [A61M 5/008 (2013.01); A61M 5/1782 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for the preparation of a medical product, said machine comprising a worktop for receiving containers, said worktop comprising a series of holes for the introduction in each of the holes of an injection point belonging to a medical container to be filled, said holes giving access to an inside of the machine, so that the injection points of the medical containers remain inside for filling of the medical containers by the machine,
wherein the machine comprises a removable device for loading the medical containers in the machine, the removable device comprising housings for said medical containers and removable fasteners for fastening the removable device to the machine worktop,
wherein the fasteners of the device comprise claws arranged in a lower portion of the device, each of said claws being L-shaped, defining a proximal portion of the claw and a distal portion of the claw, said claws being intended to be introduced into said holes, so that the distal portion of each claw makes dimensional interference with a lower portion of the worktop.
 
9. A method for introducing the removable device for loading medical containers in the machine for the preparation of a medical product according to claim 1, the method comprising the sequential steps of:
positioning the removable device on the worktop of the machine by introducing the claws of the device into the respective holes in the worktop; and
displacing the device in a direction parallel to the worktop until the claws of the device are interlocked in the worktop, preventing movement of the device in a direction perpendicular to a plane that defines the worktop.