A portable, handheld, storage device for holding and organizing perishable goods. The storage device includes an upper assembly having a cap connected to a working lid, a main body having a removable insert that can hold perishable goods in the removable insert or within the interior cavity of the main body. The main body is connected to a lower assembly that includes a removable thermal pack and thermal conductor rod. The thermal conductor rod conducts heat through the main body by making contact with an exterior underside of the main body to provide a suitable temperature within an interior of the main body or the removable insert. A removable pack is freezable or can be heated to provide a desired temperature as conducted from a bottom cup holding the removable pack to the interior of the main body and the items stored inside the main body or the removable insert.

A button display system for displaying at least one button for storage, organization, and presentation is provided. The button display system comprises a button display housing and a button retaining mechanism for releasably mounting the button to the button display housing The button display system enables systematical organization of the at least one button: effectively storing, preserving, and displaying the at least one button.

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.

The invention provides an insulating transport container (10) for transportation of beverages in ready to drink on demand beverage containers over short distances where temperature control is needed inside the beverage container when transporting the hot or cold beverages and which includes an insulating holder for cups (34) positioned or placed therein, which insulating holder (25) reduces temperature changes and inhibits spillage during transportation of cups (34) containing a beverage, wherein the holder includes one or more self supporting resiliently deformable insulating material portions with at least one portion (24) having a plurality of cup receiving cavities (26), which holder is sized and dimensioned to be placed inside the transport container for the transportation of beverages. The invention further provides an insert cover (50) for a beverage cup, said insert cover being a sheet of food grade material which is larger or equivalent in diameter to the top of the cup on which it is to be used and, in use, is placed or inserted to form a cover insert between the top of the cup and a sealing lid, provided that the cover is not sealed or otherwise secured to the cup prior to placing of the lid onto the cup and is only inserted after a beverage has been dispensed into the cup. The invention extends to a method of transporting a beverage.

The present invention is directed to an improved lyophilization process wherein a plurality of vials is not in contact with the shelf of the lyophilization device. The present invention is further directed to lyophilization cake and intermediate cake obtainable according to the process of the invention.

An organization and storage system and method including a hang tag piece for attachment to an object to be organized and stored and a case configured for receiving and housing the object and hang tag piece. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention is utilized for organizing and storing flash drives. The hang tag piece includes an end slot opening leading to an inner cavity; a label; a side display configured for displaying the label within the inner cavity; a protector piece configured for protecting the label; and attachment holes on each end. The case includes an open internal space for receiving and holding the object to be organized and stored and attached hang tag piece and further includes a case label corresponding to the hang tag label and object to be organized and stored.

A beverage container packing assembly includes a bottom tray defining a plurality of first compartments. The first compartments receive a first portion of a beverage container. The bottom tray includes first support columns. The beverage container packing assembly includes a center support defining through holes. The through holes receive a second portion of a beverage container therethrough. The center support includes second support columns configured to stack on the first support columns. The center support is configured to accommodate a thermo pack between a first row and a second row of the through holes. The beverage container packing assembly includes a top tray defining second compartments. The second compartments to receive a third portion of a beverage container therein.

A pharmaceutical delivery device includes a cartridge containing a fluid. The cartridge includes a light pipe section having an input location and a light diffusing section optically coupled to the light pipe. A light source is optically coupled to the cartridge at the input location to the light pipe, such that at least some light from the light source entering at the input location is diffused at the light diffusing section.

Provided herein are anti-static pipette trays that reduce the amount of static charge accumulated on or in pipette tips and allow for discharge of any accumulated static charge.

An assembly for storing sample processing consumables can include a cover and a tray. The cover defines a cover cavity. The tray defines a first plurality of wells. The tray includes a first portion received within the cover cavity such that a press fit is formed between a first tray surface of the first portion of the tray and a first cover surface of the cover defining the cover cavity, thereby releasably coupling the cover to the tray. Each of the first plurality of wells contains a sample processing consumable. The assembly can be used to load sample processing consumables into a sample processing instrument.