Medical Tissue Packaging Holder With Fluid Channels and Leak-Safe Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage techniques for biological tissues require specialized refrigeration or drying, limiting facility use and complicating transportation, and involve inconvenient pre-operative preparations, while maintaining fluid seal orientation is crucial to prevent fluid loss.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system comprising a holder and inner container with retention features, allowing room-temperature storage of tissues in a preservation solution, and an outer container for sterility, with channels for fluid connectivity and a sealing material to maintain fluid integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate packaging components (sterile barrier, access device, fluid management system) are used, then comprehensive medical product functionality is achieved, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate packaging components (sterile barrier, access device, fluid management system) into a single integrated packaging system. The sterile barrier assembly includes the sterile barrier, access device, and fluid management system all connected through a unified structure with defined interfaces, eliminating the need for separate assembly of multiple independent components while maintaining comprehensive medical functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated packaging system performs multiple functions simultaneously: maintaining sterile barriers, providing access to the medical product, and managing fluid flow. The single packaging assembly serves as both a protective enclosure and a functional interface for fluid management, reducing the number of separate systems needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual assembly of packaging components is used, then flexibility in handling different products is maintained, but assembly time and labor intensity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging components are designed with pre-defined interfaces and alignment features that guide automatic assembly. The sterile barrier, access device, and fluid management system are configured to fit together through standardized connections, enabling robotic or automated assembly systems to efficiently assemble the integrated packaging without manual intervention while maintaining flexibility for different medical products.
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AI summary
A packaging system includes a holder (102) and an inner container, such as an inner tray or a vial. The holder includes a top portion (102a) and a bottom portion (102b) that cooperate to form a cavity (118a, 118b) configured to receive and retain one or more medical products therein, such as one or more tissue specimens. The inner container defines an interior region configured to receive the holder therein. The holder includes sidewalls that form the cavity, and the sidewalls include channels (122) configured to fluidly connect the cavity to the interior region of the inner container. The packaging system may further comprise an outer container including a well configured to receive the inner container therein. The packaging system may allow the medical product(s) to be packaged in a liquid, which may facilitate storage and/or preservation of the medical product(s).