Packing for Injection Device

• US 20090218243A1
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Unomedical AS (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Unomedical AS (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Inventors: Gyrn, Steffen, Nielsen, Jens Egebjerg
• Application Number:
  US12/279,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20090218243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/365
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1581 Right-angle needle-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1587 suitable for being connected to an infusion line after insertion into a patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/158 Needles for infusions; Accessories therefor, e.g. for inserting infusion needles, or for holding them on the body

Abstract

This invention relates to a packing for an injector device for the placement of a subcutaneous infusion set on a patient. An insertion needle used in conjunction with an injector device is employed for transcutaneous placement of a soft and relatively flexible tubular cannula, followed by removal of the insertion needle and subsequent infusion of medical fluid according to the present invention can storage an injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle under sterile conditions. The packing comprises at least—a first storage room storing the injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle, —a first part (1) providing a further storage room (9b) isolated from the insertion needle (312, 26), is constructed with a bottom part (2a, 2b) and walls (2c) standing upright form the bottom part (2a, 2b), —a second part which is attached to the first part (1) before use in such a way that the conditions inside the packing remain sterile, and seen from a sectional view through the walls (2c), the walls (2c) are forming at least two sections each formed as a partial circle with at least two centres C1 and C2 and the centres C1 and C2 are placed with a distance D between them.

Claims

1. A packing inside which an injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle can be kept under sterile conditions the packing comprising:

a first storage room in a first part, the first storage room configured to store the injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle,

a further storage room provided in the first part isolated from the insertion needle and constructed from a bottom part and walls standing substantially upright from the bottom part the walls forming at least two sections each formed as a partial circle with at least two centres C1 and C2 and the centres C1 and C2 are different and placed with a distance D between them which allows for the injection device to take at least two positions inside the packing, and

a second part attached to the first part before use in such a way that the conditions inside the packing remain sterile.

2. A packing according to claim 1, wherein the injection device has a first position wherein the injection device is secured to the packing and a second position wherein the injection device can be removed from the packing.

3. A packing according to claim 2, wherein the further storage room comprises restrictions configured to secure the injection device the first part after use so that the injection needle is covered.

4. A packing according to claim 3, wherein the restrictions are provided by extending the rime of the further storage room inward.

5. A packing according to claim 3, wherein the distance between the an inner surface of the walls at a line where the two partial circles meet is slightly smaller than a housing of the injector device and the walls are configure to flex to force the housing of the injector device from first position to the second position and then lock the injector device in this second position so that the flexible walls of the packing will prevent the injector device from slipping back into the first position.

6. A packing according to claim 2, wherein the further storage room is adapted for at least partly holding the injection device after use.

7. A packing according to claim 1, wherein the first part comprises a material which can not be penetrated by an insertion needle.

8. A packing according to claim 1, wherein a rim is formed on the walls opposite the bottom part and the second part comprises a connecting portion that can be secured to the rim.

9. A packing according to claim 1, wherein a radius of one partial circle is not identical to the other partial circle.

10. A packing according to claim 6, wherein the section with the centre C1 has a radius R1 large enough to hold the injector device without restricting removal of the device from the packing.

11. A packing according to claim 6, wherein the section with the centre C2 has a radius R2 large enough to hold a housing of the injector device.

12. A packing according to claim 8, wherein the section with the centre C2 has restrictions which secure the injector device to the first part of the packing.

13. The packing according to claim 4, wherein the rim extends inward by forming protrusions from the rim toward a center or by extending the whole rim toward the center to decrease the diameter of at least one of the partial circles.

14. A packing for an injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle, the packing assuring sterility of the injector device, infusion set and insertion needle therein prior to use of the injector device, the packing comprising:

a first portion having a bottom wall and at least one upstanding side wall, the first portion comprising;

a first area defined in the first portion to house at least a portion of the injector device combined with an infusion set and an insertion needle;

a second area defined in the first portion and isolated from the insertion needle, the second area comprising at least two sections of different sizes, each section formed as a partial circle having a center, the centers being spaced apart so that the injection device can be positioned in the first portion in two different positions inside the packing; and

a second portion removably attached to the first portion so that the conditions inside the packing remain sterile before use of the injection device.

15. the packing according to claim 14, wherein the second area is adapted for at least partly holding the injection device after use.

16. The packing according to claim 14, wherein the packing is sized and shaped to include tubing connected to the injector device.

17. The packing according to claim 14, wherein one section having a radius R1 is large enough to hold the injector device without restricting removal of the device from the packing.

18. The packing according to claim 17, wherein the other section having a radius R2 is enough to hold a housing of the injector device.