Package for a surgical repair kit

• US 9,956,068 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Kirsch, David, Chellappa, Moses
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEVENS, ALLAN D
• Application Number:
  US14/023,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20140090999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,693 Days
• Field of Search: 206440, 206438, 206 51, 206370, 206441, 206 633, 206828, 206363, 206499, 606151, 333440, 333438
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0057 Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect sutures A61B17/04; closing rectum or urethra near body surface A61F2/0009
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00641 for closing fistulae, e.g. anorectal fistulae
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0056 about a lateral axis in the lid plane
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0067 Types of closures or fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• 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: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0095 Packages or dispensers for prostheses or other implants for intraocular lenses A61F2/1691; for dental surgery A61C19/02

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a package for a surgical repair kit, the package including at least a first area configured and dimensioned to receive a surgical mesh and a second area configured and dimensioned to receive an implantable plug.

Claims

1. A package for a surgical repair kit comprising:

at least one surgical mesh and at least one surgical plug,

a first area configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one surgical mesh, the first area including a top and at least one top side wall,

a second area configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one surgical plug, the second area pivotably attached to the first area and including a base, a base protrusion, and at least one base side wall, and,

an intermediate wall positioned between the first area and the second area, the intermediate wall including an intermediate protrusion, wherein the mesh and the plug are maintained separate from each other within the package, and wherein the base protrusion and the intermediate protrusion extend in a direction toward the top of the first area.

2. The package according to claim 1 wherein the first area configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh is flat.

3. The package according to claim 1 wherein the first area configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh further comprises a recess.

4. The package according to claim 1 wherein the first area configured and dimensioned to receive at least one surgical mesh further comprises at least one holding member.

5. The package according to claim 1 wherein the intermediate protrusion of the intermediate wall is vertically aligned with the base protrusion of the second area.

6. The package according to claim 1 further comprising at least one finger guide.

7. The package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one surgical mesh and at least one surgical plug are sterile.

8. A package for a surgical repair kit comprising:

at least one surgical mesh and at least one surgical plug,

a first compartment configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one surgical mesh, the first compartment including a top and at least one top wall,

a second compartment configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one surgical plug, the second compartment pivotably attached to the first compartment and including a base and at least one base wall, the base comprising a base protrusion following a contour of the surgical plug, and

an intermediate wall positioned between the first compartment and the second compartment, the intermediate wall including an intermediate protrusion, wherein the base protrusion and the intermediate protrusion extend in a direction toward the top of the first compartment.

9. The package according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the base protrusion and intermediate protrusion comprises an arcuate design.

10. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are connected via hinge.

11. The package according to claim 8, wherein the intermediate wall and the second compartment are connected via a hinge.

12. The package according to claim 8, wherein the intermediate protrusion of the intermediate wall is vertically aligned with the base protrusion of the base of the second compartment.

13. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment comprises a flat area to receive the at least one surgical mesh.

14. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment further comprises a recess.

15. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment further comprises at least one holding member for securing the at least one surgical mesh in the first compartment.

16. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment and the second compartment open separately.

17. The package according to claim 8, wherein the first compartment is sealable.

18. The package according to claim 8, wherein the second compartment is sealable.

19. The package according to claim 8, further comprising a locking member on an exterior portion of the package.

20. The package according to claim 8, further comprising at least one finger guide for assisting with the removal of at least one of the at least one surgical mesh and the at least one implantable plug.

21. The package according to claim 8, further comprising a tab extending along a length of a wall of the second compartment to prevent the intermediate wall from being lowered onto the surgical plug.

22. The package according to claim 8 wherein the at least one top wall includes a top front wall, top rear wall, and at least one top side wall and the at least one base wall includes a base front wall, a base rear wall, and at least one base side wall.

23. The package of claim 22, wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are pivotably attached via the top rear wall and the base rear wall and the intermediate wall is pivotably attached to base front wall and designed to fold towards base rear wall.

24. The package according to claim 8, wherein the at least one surgical mesh and the at least one surgical plug are sterile.

25. A package for storing a surgical repair kit, the package comprising:

a surgical repair kit including at least one sterile surgical mesh and at least one sterile surgical plug,

a first area configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one sterile surgical mesh, wherein the first area is flat and includes a top and at least one top side wall,

a second area configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one sterile surgical plug, the second area pivotably attached to the first area and including a base and at least one base side wall, wherein the base of the second area includes a base protrusion, and,

an intermediate wall positioned between the first area and the second area, the intermediate wall including an intermediate protrusion, wherein the mesh and the plug are maintained separate from each other within the package, and wherein the base protrusion and the intermediate protrusion extend in a direction toward the top of the first area.