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Packaging and method for selective volume dispensing

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-03
SURMODICS INC
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[0006]In an embodiment, the invention includes a package for a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device. The package can include support material for receiving and retaining a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device. The support material can have a plurality of sealable portions suitable for sealing after placement of the medical device in contact with the support material, said sealable portions having a length and a width. The package can also include indicia placed on said sealable portions of the support material to guide the user of the package to a separation location where the user may separate portions of the repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device while maintaining an adjacent portion of the repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device in a sealed configuration.

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As each primary packaging is opened, the packaging and the medical device within essentially lose any prior sterile certification.

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[0022]It is well known that sterile primary packaging of medical devices, soft goods, human consumption products or pharmaceuticals is preferably a single or unitary package having a set amount (often just one) of devices therein. However, this requirement may be unnecessarily wasteful or inefficient. Such inefficiencies increase the cost of healthcare and reduce productivity and profitability in this field. In one example, such excessive costs are tolerated in view of the paramount importance of maintaining a safe, sterile, and known quality product. In a second example, such costs create disincentives and impediments to using the best products and devices. Packaging improvements are needed to facilitate efficiencies and to accommodate unique product requirements.

[0023]Within the field of medical devices and other products for either ingestion or critical exposure to mammals, such devices and products must be handled with a heightened standard of care. In particular, some products ...

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Abstract

The invention relates primarily to the field of packaging sterile articles for use in the medical device field. In an embodiment, the invention includes a package for a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device. The package can include support material for receiving and retaining a repetitive volume sectionally separable medical device. The support material can have a plurality of sealable portions suitable for sealing after placement of the medical device in contact with the support material. The package can also include indicia placed on said sealable portions of the support material. Other embodiments are included herein.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 848,260, filed Sep. 30, 2006, the content of which is herein incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates primarily to the field of packaging sterile articles for use in the medical device field. The invention also relates to products for human or animal consumption requiring special handling.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Within the field of medical devices there exists stringent requirements for device sterility and other precautions. These requirements are designed to ensure consistent and safe products within the safe functional parameters described and offered to benefit end users of the products. Typically, the highest standards of sterility and purity are reserved for in vivo uses of medical devices, but there is also an increasing demand on manufacturers to maintain similar protections for ex vivo devices or other intermediate applications. Such high standards re...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/00B65B55/02B65D83/00
CPCA61J1/035B65D83/0472B65D75/42
Inventor GARDNER, MARGARET R.KEOUGH, STEVEN J.
Owner SURMODICS INC
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