Packaging structure and method for sterile packaging containers for substances for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications and methods for further processing of containers using this packaging structure

摘要

A method for sterile packaging of a plurality of containers is provided that includes: providing a carrier in which a plurality of receptacles are formed, the receptacles being formed by a closed bottom and a circumferential side wall, the upper ends of the receptacles, which are opposite to the respective bottom, are open and circumferential connecting webs are provided at the upper ends; placing the containers in the receptacles; providing a gas-impermeable protective foil; bonding the protective foil along the connecting webs with the upper surface of the carrier to package all the receptacles with the containers accommodated individually therein; and sterilizing the receptacles with the containers accommodated therein and/or the inner volumes of the containers by a gas flowing into the receptacles and/or into the inner volumes of the containers through at least one gas-permeable portion.

主权项

1. A packaging structure for sterile packaging of a plurality of containers for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications, which are accommodated in the packaging structure and sterile packaged against the environment, comprising:
a carrier in which a plurality of receptacles are formed; a plurality of containers which are each accommodated individually in the receptacles; and a gas-impermeable protective foil, which is connected to an upper surface of the carrier for sealing the receptacles sterile against the environment, wherein the receptacles are each formed by a closed bottom and a circumferential side wall, upper ends of the receptacles opposite to respective bottoms are open, circumferential connecting webs are provided at the upper ends of the receptacles, adjacent receptacles being connected to one another via the connecting webs, a protective foil is connected to the connecting webs along the connecting webs, at least one gas-permeable portion associated with the receptacles is formed in the protective foil and as a portion of the protective foil, so that the receptacles of the packaging structure can be sterilized by a gas flowing through the at least one gas-permeable portion, the connecting webs are configured and connected with the protective foil in such a manner that individual packaging subunits can be severed by severing along the connecting webs, each packaging subunit having one receptacle in which a single container is accommodated and sealed sterile against the environment by the protective foil, and all the receptacles of the packaging structure are each packaged individually, sterile and sealed against the at least one gas-permeable portion by bonding the protective foil along the connecting webs so that an interior of the receptacles does not communicate with the at least one gas-permeable portion.