EP0857142A1 - Method of filling pharmaceutical multichamber packages - Google Patents
Method of filling pharmaceutical multichamber packagesInfo
- Publication number
- EP0857142A1 EP0857142A1 EP95934034A EP95934034A EP0857142A1 EP 0857142 A1 EP0857142 A1 EP 0857142A1 EP 95934034 A EP95934034 A EP 95934034A EP 95934034 A EP95934034 A EP 95934034A EP 0857142 A1 EP0857142 A1 EP 0857142A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- computer
- robot arm
- packaged
- individual chambers
- filling
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
- B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
- B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
- B65B5/103—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity for packaging pills or tablets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
- B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
- B65B5/12—Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions
Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for automatically filling pharmaceutical multi-body packaging for clinical studies according to the preamble of patent claim 1 and a device for carrying out this method according to the preamble of patent claim 6.
- the aforementioned method is further developed by the features of the characterizing part of independent claim 1 and the device provided for this purpose by the features of the characterizing part of independent claim 6.
- the products to be packaged are fed from a container, preferably by means of vibration technology, or by gravitational action via a movable feed, such as e.g. a flexible spring tube to the robot arm.
- a movable feed such as e.g. a flexible spring tube
- the robot arm brings the feed to the desired position in the packaging, whereupon the product is inserted in a targeted manner.
- the products can be stowed in the movable feeder and mechanically separated before loading if the product to be packaged so requires.
- the advantage can be achieved - thanks to the free programmability - of producing multi-chamber packagings with different product contents without retrofitting work.
- the programming of the automatic filling process can in principle be carried out in various ways, which are described below.
- the insertion points in the packaging are displayed on a screen.
- the operator assigns the desired product to the intended insertion point (eg blister yard) with a pointing device (eg mouse).
- a program ensures that the filling units receive the corresponding driving commands, so that the search control can then run the process independently.
- a camera with an image processing system can be used to record the insertion points, or the packaging layout can be adopted by a CAD program.
- a preferred development of the invention consists in that after the individual chambers have been filled by means of an electronic image processing device, a comparison is made between the filling obtained and the programmed specification, so that the corresponding defective multi-chamber packaging can be eliminated in the event of a deviation.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device according to the invention for a single product
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a device according to the invention for three different products.
- the device according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 consists of a storage container 1 for the product to be packaged, a transport means 2 for the product to be packaged in the form of a vibrating device, a movable feed line 3 for the product to be packaged, in the form of a flexible spiral tube and one, which engages at the free end of the feed line 3 in two mutually orthogonal, freely programmable traversing axes, movable robot arm 5.
- the robot arm 5 is controlled by a computer 7.
- the robot arm 5 can also have only one or more than two freely programmable travel axes.
- a 2-axis configuration with Cartesian XY kinematics is preferably used, which allows the products in the plane to be optionally introduced into the blister pockets of the multi-chamber packaging 6 according to a production program.
- the traversing axes can be driven, for example, by a servo motor that converts the rotary movement into a linear movement via a spiral spindle.
- a third vertically arranged axis or a pneumatically driven lifting element can be used if the product to be packaged so requires.
- the different axes of the robot arm 5 can be controlled individually or in a coordinated manner by means of a path control that is common on the market.
- the control also takes over the storage of the production program.
- a plurality of filling units 10 can also be combined with one another in order to insert different products in a single multi-chamber packaging 6. If several filling units 10 are combined, the multi-chamber packaging 6 can be transported between the filling units 10 in cycles or continuously. In the first case, the multi-chamber packaging 6 stands still during the insertion process, in the second case the computer can be controlled
- FIG. 2 shows a device according to the invention with three filling units 10 in order to automatically and flexibly pack test samples with different product assignments.
- the multi-chamber packaging 6 is shaped in the form of Busters from roll material and transported to the filling section 9, where a filling unit 10 places a product type according to the production program stored in the computer 7.
- a camera 4 (FIG. 1) with electronic image processing system arranged after each filling unit 10 above the multi-chamber packs 6, after automatic filling, checks whether the filling process has been carried out in accordance with the programmed specification.
- the filled multi-chamber packagings 6 are transported further on the filling section 9, provided with a cover film at the station 12 and on the station 13 cut.
- One or more computers 7 control the molding station 8, the filling units 10, the stations 12 and 13, and the cameras 4 with an image processing system.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
Abstract
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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PCT/CH1995/000247 WO1997015494A1 (en) | 1995-10-23 | 1995-10-23 | Method of filling pharmaceutical multichamber packages |
Publications (2)
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EP0857142A1 true EP0857142A1 (en) | 1998-08-12 |
EP0857142B1 EP0857142B1 (en) | 1999-08-11 |
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EP95934034A Expired - Lifetime EP0857142B1 (en) | 1995-10-23 | 1995-10-23 | Method of filling pharmaceutical multichamber packages |
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US (1) | US6115990A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0857142B1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE59506611D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997015494A1 (en) |
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1995
- 1995-10-23 EP EP95934034A patent/EP0857142B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-10-23 WO PCT/CH1995/000247 patent/WO1997015494A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1995-10-23 DE DE59506611T patent/DE59506611D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1998
- 1998-04-17 US US09/061,184 patent/US6115990A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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US6115990A (en) | 2000-09-12 |
EP0857142B1 (en) | 1999-08-11 |
DE59506611D1 (en) | 1999-09-16 |
WO1997015494A1 (en) | 1997-05-01 |
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