Patent ID: 7007443

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, placing a cap, in an automated manner, on an empty syringe barrel as it is advanced and carried by the transport device; 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 applied to a first face of the syringes and a second web material to be applied to a second face of the syringes, the first and second web materials being simultaneously applied at substantially the same point, wherein the first and second web materials are joined together in areas between the syringes so as to form a banded syringe structure; and advancing the banded syringe structure from the web application device.