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Method for packing vials, method for installing vials, and vial packed body and method for producing the same

Grant US12577007B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

Inventors

Shun Ogawa, Shota Arakawa

Abstract

To provide a method for transporting thermoplastic resin vials under sterile conditions and in an exogenous pyrogen-free state, introducing the vials into a filling assembly line, and thereafter allowing the vials to stand without tipping or dropping them, the method is a method for packing vials for filling with contents such as medicaments or cells by vacuum-packing the vials, and includes the following steps: (I) inserting a plurality of vials in a tray with opening portion sides of the vials facing a bottom of the tray,(II) installing a soft film on bottom portions of the vials,(III) introducing the tray having the vials installed therein and the soft film into a gas-impermeable flexible film bag,(IV) depressurizing the inside of the flexible film bag to a prescribed vacuum pressure, and(V) sealing an opening of the flexible film bag.

CPC Classifications

B65B 31/048 B65B 31/04 B65B 5/065 B65B 5/067 B65B 69/0008 A61M 2207/00 A61M 5/002

Filing Date

2022-08-09

Application No.

18710254

Claims

6