Packaging for Catheter Treatment Devices and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods

• US 20140110296A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg SARL (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg SARL (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Terzibashian, Hagop S.
• Application Number:
  US13/840,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20140110296A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/438
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/002 Packages specially adapted therefor combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113; catheter kit packages for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/34 Trays or like shallow containers B65D81/3813 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/108 Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/16 hinged for upward or downward movement cigar or cigarette receptacles A24F15/00; suitcases, ètuis A45C; casings for cosmetic substances with hinged covers A45D40/22; toolboxes B25H3/02; hinges of door or similar type E05D ; boxes for switchboards with hinged covers H02B1/066

Abstract

Packaging for catheter treatment devices, such as catheters including multi-electrode arrays, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a catheter package assembly comprises a tray, a lid, and a coiled sheath disposed in the tray. The tray includes at least one pocket adapted to receive a distal end portion of a catheter. The tray and lid each include cooperative latching features. The sheath defines a lumen that is configured to receive an elongate shaft of the catheter.

Claims

1. A catheter package assembly for removably storing a catheter, the catheter package assembly comprising:

a tray including at least one pocket adapted to receive a multi-electrode array at a distal portion of the catheter;

a lid pivotably attached to the tray, wherein the tray and lid each include cooperative latching features;

a sheath assembly disposed in the tray, wherein the sheath assembly defines a lumen therethrough configured to receive an elongate shaft of the catheter; and

a plurality of clips removably attached to the sheath assembly and configured to retain the sheath assembly in a coiled configuration in the tray.

2. The catheter package assembly of claim 1 wherein the tray further comprises a handle pocket configured to receive a handle of the catheter.

3. The catheter package assembly of claim 1 wherein the tray further comprises a plurality of protrusions positioned to engage the sheath assembly and removably retain the sheath assembly in the tray in a snap fit arrangement.

4. The catheter package assembly of claim 1 wherein the lid, when cooperatively mated with the tray, is configured to cover only the sheath assembly and the multi-electrode array of the catheter.

5. A catheter package assembly for removably containing and protecting a catheter, the catheter package assembly comprising:

a tray including—

a pocket configured to receive a therapeutic assembly at a distal portion of the catheter;

a handle pocket configured to receive a handle of the catheter; and

a channel extending between the pocket and handle pocket, wherein the channel includes a coil groove;

a sheath removably disposed in the coil groove, wherein the sheath comprises a lumen therethrough configured to receive an elongate shaft of the catheter; and

a lid configured to mate with the tray and provide an enclosed container for a portion of the catheter.

6. The catheter package assembly of claim 5 wherein the tray includes a plurality of protrusions adjacent the handle pocket and positioned to removably retain the handle in the handle pocket.

7. The catheter package assembly of claim 5 wherein the lid comprises a lid pocket cover and a lid channel cover portion, and wherein, when the lid is mated with the tray in a closed configuration—

the pocket cover and lid pocket cover cooperatively contain and protect the therapeutic assembly at the distal portion of the catheter; and

the channel cover portion and lid channel cover portion cooperatively contain and protect the sheath.

8. The catheter package assembly of claim 5, further comprising a cable assembly cavity in the coil groove.

9. The catheter package assembly of claim 5 wherein the coiled sheath is secured to itself, thereby retaining the sheath in a coiled configuration.

10. The catheter package assembly of claim 9 wherein the coiled sheath is welded to itself.

11. The catheter package assembly of claim 5 wherein the channel further comprises a retainer feature proximate the pocket, and wherein the retainer feature is configured to removably retain the sheath in the channel.

12. The catheter package assembly of claim 11 wherein the channel comprises an end stop feature between the retainer feature and the pocket, and wherein the sheath assembly is configured to be retained in the channel against the end stop feature by the retainer feature.

13. A catheter package assembly, comprising:

a tray including at least one pocket adapted to receive a therapeutic assembly at a distal portion of a catheter; and

a coiled sheath removably disposed in the tray, wherein the sheath defines a lumen therethrough, and wherein the lumen is configured to receive an elongate shaft of the catheter.

14. The catheter package assembly of claim 13 further comprising a lid pivotably coupled to the tray.

15. The catheter package assembly of claim 14 wherein the tray and lid each include cooperative latching features.

16. The catheter package assembly of claim 14 wherein the lid includes a pocket cover.

17. The catheter package assembly of claim 13 wherein the tray includes a handle pocket.

18. The catheter package assembly of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of clips attached to the sheath and positioned to retain the sheath in a coiled configuration.

19. The catheter package assembly of claim 18 wherein the tray includes a plurality of protrusions positioned to retain the coiled sheath in the tray.

20. The catheter package assembly of claim 13 wherein the tray includes protrusions configured to grasp the sheath and retain the sheath in a coiled configuration.