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Opening Assembly For Bags Housing Containers For Pharmaceutical Use - EP3490893

The patent EP3490893 was granted to IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche on Sep 10, 2025. The application was originally filed on Jul 26, 2017 under application number EP17743339A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Patent Maintained As Amended".

EP3490893

IMA INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE
Application Number
EP17743339A
Filing Date
Jul 26, 2017
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Aug 8, 2025
Grant Date
Sep 10, 2025
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BAUSCH STROBEL MASCHINENFABRIK ILSHOFENDec 23, 2021WEICKMANN & WEICKMANN PARTMBBADMISSIBLE

Patent Citations (11) New

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OPPOSITION- James L Drinkwater, Marc Van Laere, "Risk-based environmental control and process monitoring in aseptic processing", European Journal of Parenteral & Pharmaceutical Sciences, (20150101), vol. 20, no. 4, pages 133 - 142, XP055909917-
OPPOSITION- VON BENGT LJUNGQVIST et al., "Contamination transfer research, Study of airborne and surface contamination transfer through a process of pre-sterilised container Tub transfer into a Filling Isolator via a De-Bagging No-Touch -Transfer - NTT Process step", Challenges in Sterile product manufacturing, (20160609), XP055909931-
OTHER- Jack Du, "Auto Prefilled Syringe Filling Capping Machine Füll-und Verschließmaschine fuer Fertigspritze", (20130318), URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_DzUvlgRx4, XP093224611-

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