Medical device package with deformable projections

• US 7,516,845 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2004
• Issued: 04/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cilag Gmbh International (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Inverness Medical Ltd. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Day, Emma Vanessa Jayne, Sansom, Gordon G, Pugh, Jerry, Windus-Smith, Bryan, Lang, David K., Eldin, Gregory Jean Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
• Application Number:
  US10/816,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20050218024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,840 Days
• Field of Search: 206/438, 206/363, 206/352, 206/354, 206/359, 303/35, 606/167, 294/28
• US Class Current: 206/438
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/3001 for sharps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A medical device package includes a body with at least one chamber therein, a proximal end and a distal end. The medical device package also includes at least one deformable projection within the chamber(s). Furthermore, the deformable projection is configured to deform resiliently upon contact with a medical device during insertion of the medical device into the chamber and, thereby, removably retain the medical device within the chamber.

Claims

1. A method for extracting a medical device from a medical device package, the method comprising:

providing a medical device package with a medical device contained therein and a connector, the medical device package including;

a body with at least one chamber defined therein, a proximal end, and a distal end; and

at least one frangible deformable projection within the at least one chamber,

wherein the at least one frangible deformable projection is configured to deform resiliently upon contact with a medical device during insertion of the medical device at least partially within the chamber and, thereby, removably retain the medical device at least partially within the chamber in a predetermined extractable orientation and position;

inserting at least a portion of a connector into the chamber;

engaging the medical device with the connector such that the frangible deformable projection is broken; and

extracting the engaged medical device from the chamber of the medical device package with the connector.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing step includes providing a medical device package that includes a proximal cap member and a distal cap member and the inserting step includes inserting the connector into the chamber by breaching the proximal cap member.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting step includes extracting the medical device through the breached proximal cap member.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting step includes extracting the medical device by breaching the distal cap member and extracting the medical device through the breached distal cap member.