Sterile packaging including a tray and a holder for a intravascular guide-wire and a vascular puncture closure system
First Claim
1. In combination a sterile holder and an elongated, flexible medical device, said device having a small cross sectional diameter, said holder holding said device therein in a coiled configuration and comprising an upper section and a lower section, each of said sections being generally planar and having an arcuate recess therein, said sections being secured together with the recess of one of said sections being disposed within the recess of the other of said sections to form a continuous annular raceway between said sections, said raceway having arcuate wall portions spaced apart from each other and an access port in communication with the ambient surroundings and being larger in diameter than the diameter of said device to enable said device to be introduced through said access port and into said annular raceway, whereupon said arcuate wall portions guide said device to coil up within said raceway.
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Abstract
A sterile package for holding a vascular puncture closure system including an elongated flexible guide-wire. The package comprises a tray, a cover, and a holder for the guide-wire. The tray is formed of a self-supporting plastic material and includes a hollow central interior portion with a flange extending thereabout. A plurality of recesses are provided in the tray to hold respective ones of the components making up the closure system. A pair of retaining tabs are located on opposite sides of the hollow central interior and project slightly thereover. The holder is sealed and includes an interior arcuate raceway for holding the guide-wire in a coiled configuration with one end extending out of a small access port in the holder. The holder is arranged to be releasably held under the tabs onto the tray. The cover is arranged to be releasably secured by a heat seal to the peripheral flange of the tray over the holder. The tray is somewhat flexible to enable it to be flexed slightly to release the holder from under the tabs after the cover has been removed from the tray to release the holder from the package so that upon inversion of the tray the components drop out on to a table. The catheter can be readily removed from the holder by pulling on its distal end portion. After use the guide-wire can be reinserted into the holder for safe disposal.
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- 1. In combination a sterile holder and an elongated, flexible medical device, said device having a small cross sectional diameter, said holder holding said device therein in a coiled configuration and comprising an upper section and a lower section, each of said sections being generally planar and having an arcuate recess therein, said sections being secured together with the recess of one of said sections being disposed within the recess of the other of said sections to form a continuous annular raceway between said sections, said raceway having arcuate wall portions spaced apart from each other and an access port in communication with the ambient surroundings and being larger in diameter than the diameter of said device to enable said device to be introduced through said access port and into said annular raceway, whereupon said arcuate wall portions guide said device to coil up within said raceway.
- 7. A sterile package comprising a tray, a cover, a holder, and an elongated flexible medical component for use in the body of a being to be exposed to a body fluid, said tray having a hollow interior portion with a flange extending thereabout, and plural retaining members located adjacent said hollow interior portion, said holder comprising a sealed member having an annular raceway therein holding said elongated flexible medical component in said holder in a compact coiled configuration, said holder being releasably secured to said tray by said retaining members, said cover including a peripheral portion arranged to be releasably secured to said peripheral flange of said tray and over said holder, said tray being flexible to enable it to be flexed to release said holder from said retaining members after said cover is removed from said tray, whereupon said holder is freed so that said elongated flexible medical component can be removed from said holder without opening said holder.
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