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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7644562 | Method of making a cartridge for a medicament respiratory delivery device A medicament respiratory delivery device including a housing having a chamber, an inlet and an outlet generally coaxially aligned with the chamber, wherein the chamber includes a medicament cartridge having a body including a generally cylindrical passage extending ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7637085 | System and method for transferring hydrated lenses on an automated line A method of transferring a contact lens from a first location to a primary package includes transferring the contact lens with an intermediate transfer member to the primary package, wherein the transfer member is sealed in the primary package with the contact lens.... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7607281 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing packages of products A method and an apparatus for manufacturing packages of product; the apparatus according to the invention comprises elements for feeding a plurality of trays, which are arranged substantially horizontally and so that their corresponding cavities are directed upward ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7596931 | Container with gas release feature A gas release container comprises a container body having a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and terminating at an upper edge, a removable closure affixed to the upper edge in a substantially gas-tight manner, and a gas release val... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7581372 | High cleanliness article transport system A semiconductor reticle transportation container includes a box and a base, the box having an opening and the base including a reticle support. The reticle is placed on the support and the box is placed on the base so that the reticle passes through the opening whil... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7421833 | Method and device for controlled filling In the case of nested containers to be filled by a filling station, a gripping device grasps an entire row of empty containers and conveys it to a weighing station, where the containers are weighed. Following weighing, all containers of the row are simultaneously fi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412812 | Filling apparatus and method The invention relates to a filling apparatus having a filling device for filling packages with a hot filling, a sealing device for sealing the package, wherein the package has a package seal for opening the package and a swivelling arrangement for swivelling the pac... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404278 | Method for producing prefillable syringes A method for producing prefillable syringes includes the steps of producing syringe bodies with a cylindrical drum portion which has a first open end for receiving a syringe plunger and has a second open end for discharging of contents. An inner surface of each syri... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392638 | Method, system, and apparatus for handling, labeling, filling, and capping syringes with improved cap An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363074 | Coatings comprising self-assembled molecular structures and a method of delivering a drug using the same A coating for an implantable medical device is disclosed, the coating including a self-assembled molecular structure. The coating can be used for altering the release rate of a therapeutic substance from the implantable device. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360345 | Beverage bottle cap treatment device A treatment device handles and treats bottle or container caps, which treatment device may be used in a capping machine in a beverage bottle or container filling plant. The treatment device transports the caps on carrier rings and transfer chutes inside a housing, w... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360348 | Method for controlling manufacture of a sheet material A sorting and conveying line provided at an X-ray film cutting and collection operation includes a defective sheet gate, a collection gate and a sample gate for sorting X-ray film sheets, which have been cut to a predetermined size at a cutting section, while the X-... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343724 | Semi-automated custom capsule dispensing and assembly machine and method An apparatus is used to dispense radiopharmaceuticals from a sealed source vial into capsules. The apparatus is particularly well suited for volatile radiopharmaceuticals such as radioiodine. This apparatus shields the operator from the radiopharmaceutical and also ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340872 | Method of and device for packaging electronic components thus packaged The invention relates to a method of packaging an electronic component such as semiconductor device, where by the component is positioned in a cavity of a foil by tweezers and is supported by means of a further foil which is attached to the foil at one side thereof.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337593 | Method of forming a blister package including a fluoropolymer layer Blister packages are provided which are formed from multilayered films having a lid-stock film which is heat sealed directly to a fluoropolymer film. A polymeric base layer is adhered to a fluoropolymer layer via a first intermediate adhesive tie layer; a support la... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328549 | Process for aseptic vacuum filling and stoppering of low viscosity liquids in syringes A process by which low viscosities liquids are filled into syringes without gas bubbles utilizing lowered temperature and valves to isolate the filling system from the vacuum. The liquid may be drug, device, pharmaceutical, and/or biotech products. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325385 | Toner container manufacturing method A manufacturing method for a toner container provided with an opening, said method includes a filling step of filling the toner container with toner through an opening; a closing step of setting a cap member and closing the opening with the cap member, after said fi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322918 | Soft container and method of manufacturing the container, and highly viscous conditioned liquid filled body The flexible container relating to the present invention comprises a cylindrical member (10) made from flexible film, a bottom plate member (12) which is harder than the flexible film, fitted into the inner side of a first end section of the cylindrica... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322170 | Apparatus and method of sterile filling of containers An apparatus for the sterile filling of containers sterilizes the containers before supplying them, with their caps on, to a substantially airtight chamber for filling. A precision lead screw precisely positions each container under the appropriate capping/uncapping... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318307 | Method and device for packaging and transporting electronic components The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for packaging and for transporting electronic devices. The devices include coverings made of a material that shrinks under the action of temperature that are pressed into receptacles of a belt-type carrier body. Ele... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290380 | Packaging machine and method for closing containers A packaging machine for closing containers (5) is provided having a supply device (1, 2) for supplying containers (5) to be closed; a removal device (11) for removing closed containers (5″); and a closing device (25) betwe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273749 | Container for carrying out and monitoring biological processes A thermal cycling method and device is disclosed. The device comprises a sample chamber whose temperature can be rapidly and accurately modulated over a range of temperatures needed to carry out a number of biological procedures, such as the DNA polymerase chain rea... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258240 | Blood bank testing workstations A platform or workstation comprising a plurality of various size holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes, gel-cards and reagent bottles in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human er... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195777 | Method and apparatus for blowmoding capsules of polyvinylalcohol and blowmolded polyvinylalcohol capsules A capsule is formed from a PVA composition by blow moulding. Such capsules can at last provide a viable alternative to gelatin for bio-degradeable capsule containing a pharmaceutical or consumable or other substance, for example a detergent. The capsules may contain... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191577 | Method for providing a heat treated filled and closed metal can Method for providing a heat treated filled and closed can, including the consecutive steps of: filling a metal cup, closing the metal cup with a lid making a gas tight heat treatable can, heat treating the can, wherein measures are taken to achieve an under-pressure... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191904 | 8GC platform A platform comprising a plurality of holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes and gel-cards in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human error. The platform comprises a top plate, a mi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185476 | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178311 | Plastic container and method for the use thereof The invention relates to a method for storing and transporting products, wherein, from plastic, foldable containers are manufactured, in particular injection molded; the foldable containers, at a filling location, are brought in a set-up condition and are filled wit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165376 | Method for producing gas exchange package To provide a method of manufacturing a gas displacement package that can cope with packages with various sizes and shapes, and a sealing packaging container, and a package. A method of manufacturing a gas displacement package and a sealing packaging container, and a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165711 | Substrate alignment method and apparatus A substrate that is not lying flat on its substrate tray can present significant process problems when a vacuum pickup attempts to pick up the substrate and fails due to the lack of a proper bond forming between the pickup and the substrate. The substrate left behin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156248 | Overcap closures with rolled apron Overcap (1, 11, 12) designed to overcap a neck (80) of a bottle (8) closed by a cork (82) containing a liquid to be packaged (83, 84) includes a rolled skirt (3) and a top (2) fixed to the rolled skirt around a circul... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146782 | Method of sealing a plug with a food sauce dispensing cartridge A method of sealing a plug with a food sauce dispensing cartridge enables leak proof operation of the dispensing cartridge at the site of the plug. The plug, having a circumferential edge, is positioned within the dispensing cartridge and oriented such that the edge... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7117654 | Packaging process employing a closure orifice seal vent A process is provided for minimizing moisture accumulation in a product package that is sprayed with a cool water shower. The product is placed in a container, and a closure is installed on a container. The product is heated before it is placed in the container or d... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115231 | Parallel reactor with knife-edge seal An apparatus for use in parallel reaction of materials. The apparatus includes a base having a plurality of reaction wells formed therein and a sealing device positioned over the reaction wells for individually sealing each of the reaction wells. One of the sealing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114312 | Low temperature methods for hermetically sealing reservoir devices Methods are provided for hermetically sealing an opening in a reservoir of a containment device. The method comprises applying a polymeric material to an opening in a reservoir of a containment device, the reservoir comprising reservoir contents (such as a drug or a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108899 | Chip tray with tacky surface A tray for handling and retaining a plurality of components, wherein the tray has a rigid body portion and an elastomeric contact layer. The contact layer has a planar upper surface for contacting and retaining the components, and may be formed from a thermoplastic ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100345 | Device for positioning a web of film of a packaging device The invention relates to a method for positioning webs of film of a packaging device, according to which goods are introduced into a first web of film in troughs, a second web of film is withdrawn from a supply of web against the resistance of a brake and is placed ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089715 | Beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles including a treatment device for beverage container caps A beverage bottling plant and method for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a treatment device for beverage container caps. The treatment device for treating beverage container caps includes a first tower and a second tower provided with parallel axes and... | 08/15/2006 |