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Transportation container for a medical device

  • US 10,639,124 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2016
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A container for carrying a medical instrument, comprising a perimeter wall having a height and defining an enclosure with a diameter, wherein the perimeter wall comprises a plurality of stiff panels adjacent to each other and with fold lines therebetween such that the perimeter wall is substantially rigid in its height dimension and protects a medical instrument when carried in the container from side impact damage, a flexible base formed by a thin flexible sheet which is secured to an interior surface of the perimeter wall for receiving a medical device, wherein the flexible base is suspended from the perimeter wall and hangs down in the form of a hammock and an openable and closable flexible cover attached to the perimeter wall, wherein the perimeter wall and the flexible base are compressible into a reduced diameter configuration for storage and expandable into an increased diameter configuration for receiving a medical device, and wherein in the expanded configuration a lowermost edge of the perimeter wall extends lower than the flexible base, even when the medical device is placed upon the base.

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