| US 7,469,518 B2 | ||
| Method for handling and labeling syringes | ||
| Brian Eugene Baldwin, Centennial, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Baxa Corporation, Englewood, Colo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 29, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/427,740. | ||
| Application 11/427740 is a division of application No. 11/361326, filed on Feb. 24, 2006, granted, now 7,207,152. | ||
| Application 11/361326 is a division of application No. 10/864610, filed on Jun. 09, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Application 10/864610 is a continuation of application No. 09/928007, filed on Aug. 10, 2001, granted, now 6,813,868. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/224136, filed on Aug. 10, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0260275 A1, Nov. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65B 13/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 53—425 [53/48.1; 53/48.7; 53/250] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A method for handling a plurality of syringe bodies, comprising:
interconnecting a belt to a plurality of a syringe bodies in a predetermined orientation, wherein each of said plurality of
interconnected syringe bodies comprises a barrel, a plunger slidably disposed in one end of the barrel and a cap disposed
on another end of the barrel, wherein for each of said plurality of syringe bodies, a contained volume is defined within said
barrel between the plunger and the cap, wherein said interconnecting includes attaching opposing layers to define said belt,
and wherein said opposing layers are adjoined in face-to-face relation between adjacent ones of said plurality of syringe
bodies and wrapped about opposing sides of the barrels of each of said plurality of syringe bodies; and
packaging said plurality of interconnected syringe bodies in a container.
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