Package for medical product

• US 10,589,017 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Original Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Inventors: Morrison, Matthew, Horvath, Joshua David, Sullivan, James, Richards, Stephen Lynn, Politis, Victor
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US15/918,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20180200424A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 206571, 206438, 206363, 206370, 206570
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/1585 Needle inserters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/10 Devices to locate articles in containers for protecting articles from mechanical damage B65D81/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/108 Devices, e.g. plates, presenting apertures through which the articles project

Abstract

A package for a multi-component medical device is disclosed. The package includes a bottom portion with cavities providing individual access to different components of the medical device, thereby enabling a user to remove components from the package in any order without disturbing the remaining component or components. The package also includes a barrier affixed to the bottom portion for sealing the package.

Claims

1. A combination, comprising:

a multi-component medical device; and

a package for the multi-component medical device, the package comprising;

a bottom portion having at least one cavity for housing the medical device, the cavity having a floor at a bottom thereof; and

a platform insertable into the cavity and onto the floor, at least a portion of a periphery of the platform contacting the floor, the platform being hollow and having openings on a top and bottom thereof, the top opening being disposed on the top of the platform and configured to receive a portion of at least one of the components of the medical device therethrough;

wherein a first portion of the medical device is disposed on the top of the platform, and a second portion of the medical device extends from the first portion through the top opening; and

wherein the platform is configured to maintain the second portion of the medical device above the floor and prevent contact therewith.

2. The combination according to claim 1, further comprising a barrier affixed to the bottom portion for sealing the package.

3. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the bottom portion includes a platform portion having a shape corresponding to a shape of the platform, the platform portion being configured to substantially prevent lateral movement of the platform once the platform is inserted into the platform portion.

4. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the multi-component medical device comprises an infusion set.

5. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the multi-component medical device further comprises tubing;

and

the platform is configured for the tubing to be wound around the platform.

6. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the platform is frusto-conical.

7. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the top of the platform is spaced from the bottom opening to prevent the second portion of the medical device from contacting the floor.