Abstract: Pharmaceutical containers and methods for producing, registration, identification and authentication of such containers and for determining the operation state of machines for producing pharmaceutical containers are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of glass or of a polymer is provided. A corresponding method for inspecting the pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of glass or of a polymer and to a bundle of pharmaceutical cylindrical containers made of glass or of a polymer is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of a polymer, a specific method for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of a polymer and a specific bundle of pharmaceutical cylindrical containers made of a polymer.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical containers are provided. The apparatus includes a support device, a light emitting unit, and a light receiving unit. The support device supports the pharmaceutical cylindrical container and rotates the cylindrical pharmaceutical container around a longitudinal axis. The light emitting unit has a light source that illuminates the pharmaceutical cylindrical container with a detection beam while the support device rotates the pharmaceutical cylindrical container. The light receiving unit has a camera that acquires polarization information of the detection beam.

Abstract: A holding device is provided that has a base body having a plurality of openings in a first surface and a plurality of holding elements each having a movable surface. The plurality of holding elements are arranged with respect to the plurality of openings, respectively, such that a container extending in a respective opening of the plurality of openings is held by a respective one of the plurality of holding elements in a positive fit. The movable surface faces the container in a direction that is perpendicular to a height of the container. The holding element establishes the positive fit by a displacement movement of the movable surface. The displacement movement has a direction of movement that inclines an angle with the height of the container in a range from 60 to 120°.

Abstract: A separating layer for the transport of pharmaceutical secondary packagings and to a transport system for transporting pharmaceutical secondary packagings which comprises the separating layer are provided. The separating layer is a polymer layer having a planar section extending in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis and an elevation extending normal to the longitudinal axis. The separating layer has in the axial direction a normal spring force that is 0.2 to 5 N.

Abstract: A transport device for medical containers includes a carrier plate which has openings for receiving medical containers, and optionally a trough-shaped container which is formed such that the carrier plate can be inserted in the trough-shaped container. The carrier plate contains a polymer and 7.5 to 50 wt.-% inorganic particles. The optional trough-shaped container contains a polymer and optionally 7.5 to 50 wt.-% inorganic particles.

Abstract: A method and a device for optical examination of transparent bodies made of plastic, glass, or glass ceramic are provided. The examination is carried out by contactless detection and measurement of the body using optical imaging devices. For this purpose, a plurality of individual images are taken of the body during the examination in different positions relative to the imaging device, which are subsequently analyzed.

Abstract: A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The outer surface has a topography defined by a function ?(x) that is an azimuthal average of a distance between a contact plane and the outer surface at any given position located on a circle having the centre and the radius |x|. The values ? for ?(x) are determined for a plurality of circles the radius of which increases stepwise by 500 ?m starting with a circle around the centre having a radius of 500 ?m. The values ? are determined in a range from x=?0.4×d2/2 to x=+0.4×d2/2, d2 having a size such that at least 4 values ? are determined and can be fitted with a curvature function h ^ ? ( x ) = - c × x 2 1 + 1 - c 2 × x 2 + h 0 .

Abstract: A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The two-dimensional distance h(x,y) between a contact plane and the outer surface. The two-dimensional distance is measured in a direction parallel to the axis. The slope magnitude of the outer surface at the given position x,y is given by ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}. The 75% quantile of values that have been determined for the term ?{square root over ((dh/dx)2+(dh/dy)2)}×d1/h(xy)delta for all given positions x,y within a circular area having a radius of 0.4×d2/2 and that correspond to the centre is less than 4100 ?m/mm. The adjacent positions x,y increase stepwise by 200 ?m, and h(x,y)delta=h(x,y)max?h(x,y)min, h(x,y)max is a maximum value for h(x,y) and h(x,y)min is a minimum value for h(x,y) being determined in that circular area.

Abstract: A process for preparing a glass container that includes: providing a glass tube with a first portion, a second portion, and a longitudinal axis (Ltube); holding the first portion in a first clamping chuck and the second portion in a second clamping chuck; rotating the glass tube around the longitudinal axis (Ltube); heating, via a heater, the glass tube above a glass transition temperature; separating the first and second portions from one another by pulling apart along the longitudinal axis (Ltube) while the heated glass tube is still rotating by moving the first and the second chucks away from each other; and moving the heater, while moving the first and second chucks away from each other, so that the heater follows a mass that remains at a circular end region of the first and/or second portion.

Abstract: A device is provided that accommodates elongate receptacles and charges. The device includes a superior surface, a first positioning device, a detaining device, and either a pusher or a second positioning device. The first positioning device is adapted and arranged to accommodate a pairing of a charge and a corresponding elongate receptacle. The pusher is moveable along a direction towards the superior surface to introduce the charge into the elongate receptacle. The second positioning device accommodates the pusher with the second positioning device and the pusher being moveable along the direction towards the superior surface to introduce the charge into the elongate receptacle. The detaining device limits the extent of movement of the pusher towards the superior surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of glass or polymer is provided. The apparatus includes an inspection area, a handling device, and a friction wheel. The handling device has a first holder configured to hold a lateral surface of the pharmaceutical cylindrical container. The first holder includes a first support wheel and a second support wheel. The handling device moves such that the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is transferred from a first transfer position to the inspection area and from the inspection area to a second transfer position. The first holder and/or the friction wheel bring the pharmaceutical cylindrical container into contact with the friction wheel such that the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is rotated around a container longitudinal axis by rotating the first and second support wheels and/or by rotating the friction wheel.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a pharmaceutical cylindrical container made of glass or polymer is provided. The apparatus includes a handling device and a friction wheel. The handling device has a first holder that hold a lateral surface of the pharmaceutical cylindrical container. The first holder includes a first support wheel and a second support wheel. The handling device moves such that the pharmaceutical cylindrical container is transferred from a first transfer position to the inspection area and from the inspection area to a second transfer position. The handling device and/or the friction wheel rotate the pharmaceutical cylindrical container around a container longitudinal axis. The first support wheel has a first rotational axis and the second support wheel has a second rotational axis. A first plane is defined through the first rotational axis and the container longitudinal axis, while a second plane is defined through the second rotational axis and the container longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A charge device is provided that includes a charge barrel having a charge. The charge barrel has an exit aperture and a flexible positioning device at the exit aperture. The charge is located inside the charge barrel. The charge barrel is adapted and arranged so that the charge is able to exit the charge barrel via the exit aperture.

Abstract: A container for accommodating pharmaceutical compositions, which is installable in a medical device, is provided. The container includes a hollow cylindrical body having an open end and a dead end opposite to the open end. The dead end is closed by a bottom portion. The hollow cylindrical body and the bottom portion are formed integrally and of the same material. The bottom portion transitions into the hollow cylindrical body via a curved heel that is defined by an outer radius ro, an inner radius ri and a thickness dh in a center portion of the curved heel, wherein the following condition is fulfilled: ri+dh?ro>0 mm.

Abstract: An apparatus for injecting a fluid includes: an injector including a cylindrical container, a coupling portion, and a peripheral section; a needle assembly including a needle and a hub defining a contact area, the coupling portion configured to be coupled with the hub; and a needle retention device including a needle-retainer portion having a finger configured to radially extend over at least a part of the contact area of the hub, a container-contact portion defining a first opening configured to be attached in a form-fitting way onto the peripheral section of the container. When the apparatus is in its operational state, the hub of the needle assembly is coupled to the coupling portion, the container-contact portion is attached to the container, and the finger of the needle-retainer portion extends over the contact area of the hub when the needle retention device is in its retaining position.

Abstract: Container assemblies for accommodating pharmaceutical compositions are provided. The container assembly includes a container and a plunger. The container has a hollow cylindrical body with an open end and a closed end, which is closed by a bottom portion. The hollow cylindrical body has a length (L), an outer diameter (DO), and an inner diameter with a length to outer diameter ratio between 3:1 and 15:1. The hollow cylindrical body and the bottom portion are formed integrally and of the same material, which is a glass or polymer material. The container has an inner surface with an average Zn-leachability of 0.00085 ?g/cm2 or less. The plunger is inside the hollow cylindrical body at the open end, is pierceable by a cannula, and is slidable relative to the hollow cylindrical body from the open end towards the closed end.

Abstract: A transport packaging includes a tray formation which is configured to hold a plurality of containers with mutual separation to avoid mutual contact of the containers. The tray formation includes a first tray part having a plurality of pockets configured to receive first ends of the containers and a second tray part removably coupled to the first tray part and having a corresponding plurality of pockets configured to receive second ends of the containers. The first tray part is formed such that, when the second tray part is removed so that the second ends of the containers are free from the pockets of the second tray part, the free second ends of the containers are free to be brought into mutual contact while the first ends of the containers are still received in the pockets of the first tray part.

Abstract: A retention chuck for glass pipes for machines producing glass containers is provided. The retention chuck has a central supply channel for the glass pipes, a plurality of adjustable clamping jaws arranged at the lower end of the supply channel and so as to be distributed around a centerline of the channel. The spacing of the jaws from the center line of the supply channel is adjustable by an actuation element. A coupling element couples the jaws to the actuation element. Guides guide the adjustment movement of the clamping jaws perpendicularly, radially inwardly relative to the center line.