Patent ID: 7717774

Claim:
Arrangement for the production or filling of pharmaceutical products, the arrangement having a housing with a housing portion that contains at least one process station for processing or filling pharmaceutical products, said process station including a powered means for conveying the pharmaceutical products within the housing portion, the housing having at least two glove openings in the housing portion for receiving two gloves in the housing portion, a ventilating device and an air supply unit for forcing air from outside the housing into the housing through an air inlet, an air outlet out of the housing with a defined cross-section, the air outlet being located in a lower area of the housing on at least one wall thereof, and a pressure regulating device with a pressure sensor disposed in the housing portion, the pressure regulating device maintaining a specific overpressure in the housing portion that contains the at least one process station and the at least two glove openings, wherein the housing is airtight when the gloves are received in the glove openings in the housing except for the air inlet, the ventilating device and the air outlet, which together allow a continuous, non-recirculating air flow from the air inlet through the housing and past the gloves when received within the housing, to the air outlet while still maintaining an aseptic, sterile environment within the housing for the production or filling of pharmaceutical products; and wherein the airflow produced by the ventilating device is directed from top to bottom in at least one of a laminar unidirectional parallel flow or a combination of flows, which forces downwards any particles that are present.