Glucose sensor product and related manufacturing and packaging methods
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing a medical device package, the method comprising:
- fabricating a medical device assembly;
placing the medical device assembly into a package tray;
sealing the medical device assembly inside the package tray with a gas-permeable sealing material, resulting in a sealed package tray; and
sterilizing the medical device assembly inside the sealed package tray, wherein the sealing material maintains sterility of the medical device assembly while allowing volatile substances to vent from inside the sealed package tray to outside the sealed package tray wherein the medical device assembly comprises an electrochemical sensor with glucose oxidase enzyme; and
the sealing material vents volatile substances that would otherwise degrade the glucose oxidase enzyme.
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Abstract
A glucose sensor product is manufactured by a process that maintains the sterility of the glucose sensor while allowing gaseous manufacturing by-products to be vented from the inside of the glucose sensor package. The method begins by placing a glucose sensor assembly into a plastic package tray having a sealing surface surrounding an opening. The method continues by covering the opening with a microbial barrier material such that the microbial barrier material overlies the sealing surface, forming a seal between the sealing surface and the microbial barrier material, resulting in a sealed package tray containing the glucose sensor assembly, and sterilizing the glucose sensor assembly inside the sealed package tray. The microbial barrier material maintains sterility of the glucose sensor assembly while allowing volatile by-products outgassed from the glucose sensor assembly and the plastic package tray to pass therethrough.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing a medical device package, the method comprising:
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fabricating a medical device assembly; placing the medical device assembly into a package tray; sealing the medical device assembly inside the package tray with a gas-permeable sealing material, resulting in a sealed package tray; and sterilizing the medical device assembly inside the sealed package tray, wherein the sealing material maintains sterility of the medical device assembly while allowing volatile substances to vent from inside the sealed package tray to outside the sealed package tray wherein the medical device assembly comprises an electrochemical sensor with glucose oxidase enzyme; and
the sealing material vents volatile substances that would otherwise degrade the glucose oxidase enzyme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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