Sterile molded dispenser

• US 9,579,484 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Barnell, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US14/491,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20160082223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 206/363, 206/364, 206/438, 206/571, 604/523, 604/533
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: A61M 39/16 having provision for disinfection or sterilisation A61M39/143 takes precedence; methods or apparatus for disinfection or sterilisation A61L2/00

Abstract

A package for a medical device having an elongated shaft and a proximal luer fitting, the package includes a one-piece body formed as a single structure. The one-piece body includes at least a spiral casing formed therein, the spiral casing defining a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device. The package includes a luer retaining portion at one end of the spiral casing with barrier film sealed to the luer retaining portion to maintain the sterility of the medical device. The package further including a cap placed over the luer retaining portion and barrier film to protect the integrity of the barrier film and prevent perforation of the barrier film which would compromise the sterility of the medical device.

Claims

1. A package for holding a medical device having an elongated shaft, the package comprising:

a one-piece body that defines a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device, the spiral lumen having a first end and a second sealed end, wherein the first end has a luer retaining portion;

a barrier film sealed to the luer retaining portion to maintain sterility of the luer retaining portion; and

a cap releasably secured to the luer retaining portion to cover and protect the barrier film.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein the luer retainer portion defines an opening configured to receive a proximal luer fitting of the medical device.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein the luer retainer portion has a hook portion extending therefrom, the hook portion spaced apart from the spiral lumen.

4. The package of claim 1, wherein the barrier film includes two sheets sealed together on each side of the luer retainer portion.

5. The package of claim 4, wherein the two sheets each have a tab portion, the tab portions are not sealed together and are configured to allow an operator to grasp the tab portions and peel apart the two sheets to aseptically present the luer retaining portion.

6. The package of claim 1, wherein the cap has a housing defining a chamber to receive the luer retaining portion with the barrier film sealed thereon.

7. The package of claim 1, wherein the cap has a locking member to releasably secure the cap to the luer retaining portion.

8. The package of claim 7, wherein the locking member has a living hinge portion and a pin portion, the pin portion having a pin extending substantially perpendicular from a surface of the pin portion, the living hinge portion having an opening therethrough to receive the pin when pin portion is rotated about a living hinge such that the pin extends through the opening of the living hinge portion and contacts the luer retaining portion.

9. The package of claim 8, wherein the locking member has a clasp portion extending from the pin portion, the clasp portion has an arcuate tongue extending substantially perpendicular from a surface of the clasp portion, such that as the pin and clasp portion are rotated about the living hinge, the tongue is received by an opening in the luer retaining portion and thereby secures the cap to the luer retaining portion by restricting the movement of the pin and clasp portions to only rotational movement about the living hinge.

10. A package for holding a medical device having an elongated shaft, the package comprising:

a unitary body defining a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device, the spiral lumen having a first end and a second sealed end, wherein the second end has a closed distal tip and the first end has a luer retaining portion, wherein the luer retainer portion defines an opening configured to receive a proximal luer fitting of the medical device;

a barrier film including two sheets sealed together by heat sealing with the luer retaining portion disposed therebetween to maintain sterility of the proximal luer fitting; and

a cap releasably secured to the luer retaining portion to cover and protect the barrier film,

wherein the cap includes a housing defining a chamber, the cap configured to slidably receive the luer retaining portion with the barrier film within the chamber, the cap is secured to the luer retaining portion with a releasable locking member extending from the cap.

11. The package of claim 10, wherein the wherein the package is configured such that the two sheets are sealed between sealing die, the sealing die each have U-shaped portions which are configured such that when the die come together, the die form a shape which accommodates the shape of a luer retainer of the luer retaining portion.

12. The package of claim 11, wherein a mandrel is disposed within the luer retainer to provide structural support from within luer retainer.

13. The package of claim 11, wherein a polypropylene layer is disposed between the two sheets to create a bond between the two sheets during the sealing process.

14. The package of claim 10, wherein the cap housing has at least one guide portion defining a groove in fluid communication with the chamber, and is configured such that as the cap is placed on the luer retaining portion, the groove receives an edge of the luer retaining portion, and the luer retaining portion slides along the extent of groove until the edge of the luer retaining portion abuts the guide portion at the end of the groove.

15. The package of claim 14, wherein the at least one guide portion suspends barrier film within the chamber of the cap to minimize contact between the barrier film and an interior surface of the chamber.

16. The package of claim 10, wherein the locking member is configured such that it secures the cap to the luer retaining portion by rotating a clasp portion about a living hinge to connect the clasp portion to the locking member.

17. The package of claim 16, wherein the locking member has an opening for releasably receiving a pin extending from the clasp portion.

18. The package of claim 17, wherein it is configured such that if the clasp portion is rotated about the living hinge to remove the pin from the opening, the pin fractures and the clasp portion is no longer connected to the luer retaining portion.

19. The package of claim 16, wherein the clasp portion further includes an arcuate tongue receivable within an opening of the luer retaining portion to prevent removal of the cap from the luer retaining portion.

20. The package of claim 10, further configured such that the locking member may be released to unsecure the cap from the luer retaining portion and the cap may be removed from the luer retaining portion.

21. The package of claim 20, further configured such that the two sheets of the barrier film may be separated to aseptically present the proximal luer fitting.