Medical device packaging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10172682-B2
Application number	US-201715631002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2017
Priority date	Jun 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

Packaging (4) for an injection device (6, 92), the packaging comprising: a compartment (32) forming a recess configured to house the injection device therein, the compartment extending in a longitudinal direction, a depth direction, and having a variable lateral width to accommodate the injection device; a first sidewall (54) extending in the depth direction and longitudinal direction contiguous a portion of the compartment; and a lip (56) adjoining the sidewall and said portion of the compartment, wherein the first sidewall is arranged within a field of width of the compartment, the lip arranged at a height (h) from a base of said portion of the compartment, such that the lip and first sidewall prevent user gripping of a housed injection device at said portion of the compartment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combination comprising a packaging and an injection device ( 6 , 92 ), the packaging comprising:
a compartment ( 32 ) forming a recess configured to house the injection device therein, the compartment extending in a longitudinal direction, a depth direction, and having a variable lateral width to accommodate the injection device;
a first sidewall ( 54 ) extending in the depth direction and longitudinal direction contiguous a portion of the compartment;
a lip ( 56 ) adjoining the first sidewall and said portion of the compartment; and
a first channel ( 50 ) comprising a base ( 52 ) adjoining the first sidewall ( 54 ) and a second sidewall ( 55 ),
wherein the first and second sidewalls are arranged within a field of the lateral width of the compartment,
wherein the injection device has an axial length extending along a longitudinal axis and comprises a component having a lateral thickness extending in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis, and
wherein the lip is arranged at a height (h) from a base of said portion of the compartment, wherein the height (h) is in the range of from 30% to 70% of the lateral thickness of said component of the injection device such that the lip and first sidewall prevent a user from gripping said component of the injection device at said portion of the compartment when the injection device is housed in the compartment, the axial length of the injection device extending along the longitudinal direction of the compartment and the lateral thickness of the component extending in the depth direction of the compartment when the injection device is housed in the compartment.

2. The combination of claim 1 , wherein a corresponding first sidewall and lip are arranged on an opposed side of the compartment.

3. The combination of claim 1 , wherein corresponding first ( 50 ) and second ( 51 ) channels are arranged on opposed sides of the compartment.

4. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the base ( 52 ) of a channel ( 50 , 51 ) forms at least part of a foot ( 62 ) for abutting a support surface for supporting the packaging.

5. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the base of the first channel and the base of the second channel are interconnected by an interconnecting region ( 58 ) to form a foot ( 62 ),
wherein said bases and interconnecting region form a continuously planar region, the planar region overlapping and extending from an end of a housed injection device.

6. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the first sidewall extends in the longitudinal direction between two laterally extending portions of the compartment.

7. The combination of claim 1 , wherein at least two discrete first side walls extend contiguous a side of the compartment.

8. The combination of claim 7 , wherein first sidewalls are arranged to prevent gripping of first ( 60 A) and second ends ( 60 B) of a housed injection device.

9. The combination of claim 2 , wherein the first sidewalls each comprise an inclined planar portion extending along inclined planes ( 61 ) that intersect at an apex ( 63 ), whereby the injection device when housed in the compartment is within the bounds of the inclined planes ( 61 ).

10. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the height (h) of the lip is in the range of from 40% to 60% of the first lateral thickness of said component of the injection device.

11. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the component of the injection device is part of a barrel ( 8 ), a flange ( 14 ), a plunger rod ( 16 ), an actuation portion ( 20 ), a delivery member ( 22 ) or a protective cap ( 24 ).

12. A combination comprising a packaging and an injection device, the packaging comprising:
a compartment ( 32 ) forming a recess configured to house the injection device therein, the compartment extending in a longitudinal direction, a depth direction, and having a variable lateral width to accommodate the injection device;
a first sidewall ( 54 ) extending in the depth direction and longitudinal direction contiguous a portion of the compartment;
a lip ( 56 ) adjoining the first sidewall and said portion of the compartment; and
a first channel ( 50 ) comprising a base ( 52 ) adjoining the first sidewall ( 54 ) and a second sidewall ( 55 ),
wherein the first and second sidewalls are arranged within a field of the lateral width of the compartment,
wherein the lip is arranged at a height (h) from a base of said portion of the compartment, such that the lip and first sidewall prevent a user from gripping a component of the injection device at said portion of the compartment,
wherein the compartment is arranged as part of a tray portion ( 26 ), the packaging comprising a lid portion ( 66 ) to close the compartment in a closed position, the lid portion comprising first ( 100 A) and second recesses ( 100 B) defining associated first and second protrusions, the protrusions being arranged in the closed position to extend on either side of a portion of the compartment, and
the first and second recesses of the lid portion defining a lid gripping portion therebetween for user gripping of the lid.

13. The combination of claim 12 , wherein the component of the injection device is part of a barrel ( 8 ), a flange ( 14 ), a plunger rod ( 16 ), an actuation portion ( 20 ), a delivery member ( 22 ) or a protective cap ( 24 ).

Assignees

• Teva Pharmaceuticals Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Van Der Raad-Meijer Yvette Jacqueline
• Sanders Johannes Wilhelmus Maria

Classifications

• A61B50/33 Primary

  Trays · CPC title

• A61B50/30

  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 title

• A61B2050/0082

  Rib-and-groove connection · CPC title

• A61M5/178

  Syringes · CPC title

• A61M5/002 Primary

  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 title