MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HOUSING CONTAINER

• US 20150182686A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: OKIHARA, Hitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,086,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3006 Nested casings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/20 Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/22 Racks
• 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: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/07 Steam
• 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 5/008 Racks for supporting syringes or needles A61M5/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/2024 the cover being welded or adhered to the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 79/0084 in the sidewall or shoulder part thereof

Abstract

A medical instrument housing container includes a container body including a substantially rectangular base, a peripheral wall having a lower end that is contiguous to a perimeter of the base and that extends upward, and a peripheral edge member that comprises a plurality of peripheral edges, that is contiguous to an upper end of the peripheral wall, and that extends outwardly, wherein the substantially rectangular base, the peripheral wall, and the peripheral edge member are molded from resin, and the container body has an opening surrounded by the peripheral edge member; a plurality of medical instruments held in the container body; and a protection film that is adhered or heat-sealed to the peripheral edge member for covering and sealing the opening. At least a portion of the peripheral edge member is curved inwardly. The protection film covers the opening in a flexed condition.

Claims

1. A medical instrument housing container comprising:

a container body including;

a substantially rectangular base,

a peripheral wall having a lower end that is contiguous to a perimeter of the base and extending upward, and

a peripheral edge member that comprises a plurality of peripheral edges, that is contiguous to an upper end of the peripheral wall, and that extends outwardly,

wherein the substantially rectangular base, the peripheral wall, and the peripheral edge member are molded from resin, and the container body has an opening surrounded by the peripheral edge member;

one or more medical instruments held in the container body; and

a protection film that is adhered or heat-sealed to the peripheral edge member for covering and sealing the opening,

wherein the medical instrument housing container is a medical instrument housing container that has been subjected to sterilization,

wherein at least a portion of the peripheral edge member is curved inwardly, and

wherein the protection film covers the opening in a flexed condition.

2. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1, wherein at least two opposing peripheral edges of the peripheral edge member are curved inwardly.

3. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1,

wherein the opening is substantially rectangular with a longer side having a length in a range of 225 to 245 mm and a shorter side having a length in a range of 190 to 210 mm, and

wherein the peripheral wall has a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm.

4. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1,

wherein the peripheral wall has a ledge disposed around and protruding inward from an inner wall surface of the peripheral wall, and

wherein the medical instrument housing container further includes a nest tray configured to hold the medical instrument, the nest tray being mounted on the ledge.

5. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 4, wherein the peripheral wall is divided into an upper peripheral wall surface contiguous to an outer edge of the ledge and extending toward the peripheral edge member and a lower peripheral wall surface contiguous to an inner edge of the ledge and extending toward the base.

6. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 4,

wherein the one or more medical instruments comprise a plurality of syringe barrels intended to be filled with a drug, each having a cap at a distal end and a flange at a proximal end, and

wherein a plurality of receiving cylinders configured to receive the plurality of syringe barrels is disposed such that the receiving cylinder extend through the nest tray, the receiving cylinders being organized in rows.

7. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the peripheral edge member has an inward curvature in a range of 1 to 5 mm.

8. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1, wherein the protection film is a nonwoven sheet made of resin that is gas permeable and impervious to particulates.

9. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 8,

wherein the sterilization is autoclaving, and

wherein, as a result of the autoclaving, the peripheral edge member is curved inward and the protection film that has been adhered or heat-sealed to the peripheral edge member is flexed.

10. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral edge member has a width in a range of 7 to 30 mm.

11. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 4, wherein the ledge has a width in a range of 5 to 30 mm.

12. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 2,

wherein the opening is substantially rectangular with a longer side having a length in a range of 225 to 245 mm and a shorter side having a length in a range of 190 to 210 mm, and

wherein the peripheral wall has a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm.

13. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 12,

wherein the peripheral wall has a ledge disposed around and protruding inward from an inner wall surface of the peripheral wall, and

wherein the medical instrument housing container further includes a nest tray configured to hold the medical instrument, the nest tray being mounted on the ledge.

14. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 13, wherein the peripheral wall is divided into an upper peripheral wall surface contiguous to an outer edge of the ledge and extending toward the peripheral edge member and a lower peripheral wall surface contiguous to an inner edge of the ledge and extending toward the base.

15. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 14,

wherein the one or more medical instruments comprise a plurality of syringe barrels intended to be filled with a drug, each having a cap at a distal end and a flange at a proximal end, and

wherein a plurality of receiving cylinders configured to receive the plurality of syringe barrels is disposed such that the receiving cylinder extend through the nest tray, the receiving cylinders being organized in rows.

16. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 15, wherein at least a portion of the peripheral edge member has an inward curvature in a range of 1 to 5 mm.

17. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 16, wherein the protection film is a nonwoven sheet made of resin that is gas permeable and impervious to particulates.

18. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 17,

wherein the sterilization is autoclaving, and

wherein, as a result of the autoclaving, the peripheral edge member is curved inward and the protection film that has been adhered or heat-sealed to the peripheral edge member is flexed.

19. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 18, wherein the peripheral edge member has a width in a range of 7 to 30 mm.

20. The medical instrument housing container according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral edge member comprises a first pair of two opposing peripheral edges curved inwardly and a second pair of two opposing peripheral edges curved inwardly.