Patent ID: 6986234

Claim:
A method of banding a plurality of syringes comprising the steps of: introducing the plurality of syringes into a feeder; aligning the plurality of syringes in a predetermined arrangement and delivering the aligned syringes to a rotary device; advancing and controlling the rotary device so that syringes held therein are successively delivered to a transport device that holds and maintains the syringes in a spaced relationship, advancing the transport device such that the syringes are delivered to a web application device; activating the web application device to cause a first web material to be simultaneously applied to a first face of a group of syringes and a second web material to be applied to a second face of the group of syringes, the first and second web materials being pressed into contact with the first and second faces of the syringes, respectively, and into contact with each other in areas between the syringes so as to form a banded syringe structure; and advancing the banded syringe structure from the web application device.