Packing for Inserter

• US 20110226652A1
• Filed: 09/28/2009
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Unomedical A/S
• Original Assignee: Unomedical A/S
• Inventors: Hickmott, Richard Morgan, Jeppesen, Henrik
• Application Number:
  US13/121,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20110226652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/438
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/06 Packaging for specific medical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14248 of the skin patch type

Abstract

The invention concerns a kit comprising a medical device having an insertion needle and a packing providing a sterile protection for the medical device, such a medical device can be used for an infusion device providing continued medication with e.g. insulin to a patient. More precisely the invention relates to an assembly comprising a medical device comprising a mounting pad having an adhesive surface and an inserter which inserter comprises an insertion needle and a packing providing a sterile protection for the medical device which packing partly comprises a rigid material (1, 2, 7, 8, 5) and partly a soft material (10), wherein the rigid material is constructed of two angularly positioned and rigidly joined surfaces, a first and a second surface (1, 2), which surfaces (1, 2) cover two sides of the medical device (3, 4) which sides face two different directions and the non-adhesive surface of the mounting pad is not covered by a rigid surface.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising:

a medical device comprising a mounting pad having an adhesive surface and an inserter, the inserter comprising an insertion needle; and

a packing providing a sterile protection for the medical device the packing comprising a rigid material portion and a soft material portion, the rigid material portion includes four sides of rigid material comprising;

two sides having angularly positioned and rigidly joined surfaces, a first and a second surface, the first and second surfaces cover two sides of the medical device respectively, the adhesive surface of the mounting pad and one side of the inserter, the two sides of the medical device face two different directions and

a non-adhesive surface of the mounting pad is not covered by a rigid surface and

two other sides connecting the rigidly joined first and second surfaces and covering opposite ends of the inserter thereby forming a non-flexible structure.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein an edge of the four sides of rigid material has a flat circumferential portion for releasable attachment of the protective seal of soft material.

3. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second surface provides a contact surface for the adhesive surface of the mounting pad.

4. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first side and the second side are placed at a right angle relative to each other.

5. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein an edge of the rigid material has a flat circumferential portion surrounding an opening defined by the edge of the rigid material a protective seal of soft material can be releasably attached to the circumferential portion.

6. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the rigid material is moulded in one piece.

7. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the packing comprises means for reclosing.

8. An assembly according to claim 7, wherein the means for reclosing comprise adhesive or mechanical means.

9. An assembly according to claim 8, wherein the means for reclosing is provided by an adhesive or sticky material placed between the soft material and the circumferential portion.

10. An assembly according to claim 8, wherein the means for reclosing is provided by one or more openings in the soft material, the one or more openings correspond to protruding parts of the rigid material.

11. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the inserter of the medical device is releasably attached to a base part, the base part is to be positioned on a patient'"'"'s skin and the base part is sized so that a delivery part comprising a reservoir can be attached directly to the base part.

12. A packing providing a sterile protection for a medical device stored in the packing, the packing comprising a rigid material portion and a soft material portion;

the rigid material including four sides of rigid material comprising;

two angularly positioned and rigidly joined first and a second surfaces, the first and second surfaces cover two sides of the medical device respectively, an adhesive surface of a mounting pad of the medical device and one side of an inserter for the medical device the two sides face two different directions and a non-adhesive surface of the mounting pad is not covered by a rigid surface and

two side parts connecting the two rigidly joined surfaces thereby forming a non-flexible structure.