Medical Device Package Including Self-Puncturable Port

• US 20100004620A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Stopek, Joshua B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,061,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/416
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/005 with a lid or cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a medical device package including a container for receiving a medical device and a self-puncturabie port.

Claims

1. A package comprising:

a container having an area configured and dimensioned for receiving a medical device; and

a self-puncturable port including an integral puncturing structure for permitting the passage of at least one agent between the outside of the container and the area of the container for receiving the medical device.

2. The package of claim 1 further comprising a medical device positioned within the area for receiving the medical device.

3. The package of claim 2 wherein the medical device is selected from the group consisting of sutures, staples, clips, grafts, stents, meshes, sternum closures, pins, screws, tacks, and combinations thereof.

4. The package of claim 2 wherein the medical device is a suture.

5. The package of claim 1 wherein the self-puncturable port further comprises a piercable barrier.

6. The package of claim 5 wherein the puncturing structure is positioned within the port.

7. The package of claim 5 wherein the puncturing structure is positioned along the exterior of the port.

9. The package of claim 1 wherein the at least one agent is selected from the group consisting of drugs, coating materials, diluents, wound heating agents, adhesives, sealants, blood products, blood components, preservatives, colorants dyes, ultraviolet absorbers, ultraviolet stabilizers, photochromic agents, anti-adhesives, proteins, polysaccharides, peptides, genetic material, viral vectors, nucleic acids, nucleotides, plasmids, lymphokines, radioactive agents, metals, alloys, salts, growth factors, growth factor antagonists, cells, hydrophobic agents, hydrophilic agents, immunological agents, anti-colonization agents, diagnostic agents, imaging agents, and combinations thereof.

10. The package of claim 9 wherein the at least one agent is a diluent.

16. The package of claim 1I wherein the at least one agent is selected from the group consisting of drugs, coating materials, diluents, wound healing agents, adhesives, sealants, blood products, blood components, preservatives, colorants dyes, ultraviolet absorbers, ultraviolet stabilizers, photochromic agents, anti-adhesives, proteins, polysaccharides, peptides, genetic material, viral vectors, nucleic acids, nucleotides, plasmids, lymphokines, radioactive agents, metals, alloys, salts, growth factors, growth factor antagonists, cells, hydrophobic agents, hydrophilic agents, immunological agents, anti-colonization agents, diagnostic agents, imaging agents, and combinations thereof.

17. The package of claim 16 wherein the at least one agent is an adhesive.

8. The package of claim S wherein the puncturing structure comprises at least one opening.

11. A package comprising:

a container having an area configured and dimensioned for receiving a medical device; and

a self-puncturable port for permitting the passage of at least one agent between the outside of the container and the area of the container for receiving the medical device, wherein the port includes a puncturing structure positioned within the port.

12. The package of claim 11 further comprising a medical device positioned within the area for receiving the medical device.

13. The package of claim 12 wherein the medical device is selected from the group consisting of sutures, staples, clips, grafts, stents, meshes, sternum closures, pins, screws, tacks, and combinations thereof.

14. The package of claim 12 wherein the medical device is a suture.

15. The package of claim 11 wherein the puncturing structure comprises at least one opening.

18. A package comprising:

a container having an area configured and dimensioned for receiving a medical device; and

a self-puncturable port for permitting the passage of at least one agent between the outside of the container and the area of the container for receiving the medical device, wherein the port includes a puncturing structure movably attached to the port.

19. The package of claim 18 further comprising a medical device positioned within the area for receiving the medical device.

20. The package of claim 19 wherein the medical device is selected from the group consisting of sutures, staples, clips, grafts, stents, meshes, sternum closures, pins, screws, tacks, and combinations thereof.

21. The package of claim 19 wherein the medical device is a suture.

22. The package of claim 18 wherein the puncturing structure comprises at least one opening.

23. The package of claim 18 wherein the at least one agent is selected from the group consisting of drugs, coating materials, diluents, wound healing agents, adhesives, sealants, blood products, blood components, preservatives, colorants dyes, ultraviolet absorbers, ultraviolet stabilizers, photochromic agents, anti-adhesives, proteins, polysaccharides, peptides, genetic material, viral vectors, nucleic acids, nucleotides, plasmids, lymphokines, radioactive agents, metals, alloys, salts, growth factors, growth factor antagonists, cells, hydrophobic agents, hydrophilic agents, immunological agents, anti-colonization agents, diagnostic agents, imaging agents, and combinations thereof.

24. The package of claim 18 wherein the at least one agent is a diluent.