Packaging device for medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized comprising internal fixation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10456495-B2
Application number	US-201715613651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2017
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A packaging device including a receiving compartment for medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized, the receiving compartment being sealable in a sterile manner; a carrier for hanging and/or guiding and/or handling the packaging device, wherein the carrier extends into the interior of the receiving compartment and includes at least one accurately fitting mount for a section of a medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized. Also, secondary packaging for accommodating a plurality of such packaging devices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packaging device comprising:
a receiving compartment for medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized, the receiving compartment sealable in a sterile manner; and
a carrier configured to at least one of hang, guide, or handle the packaging device, the carrier extending into an interior of the receiving compartment and comprising at least one fitting mount for a section of a medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized,
the carrier comprising an outer guiding section configured to at least one of hang, guide, or handle the packaging device,
the receiving compartment being formed by a film package,
a bonded connection being formed between the carrier and the film package at an interface where the carrier extends into the receiving compartment, and
the outer guiding section projecting through the bonded connection and outside of the film package.

2. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier further comprises:
an inner receiving section configured to receive the medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized,
wherein the inner receiving section is arranged inside the receiving compartment.

3. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the film package is a film bag having a tab for closing the film bag.

4. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the outer guiding section is configured as a guide hook for at least one of orienting, handling, or guiding the packaging device.

5. The packaging device according to claim 4 , wherein the guide hook is a hanger hook or T-shaped including two lateral recesses.

6. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fitting mount for the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized includes a connector configured to receive, orient, and fix the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized in the receiving compartment, wherein the connector comprises a U-shaped recess for form-fittingly securing, clipping, or engaging the medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized.

7. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fitting mount for the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized includes a marking.

8. The packaging device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one fitting mount for the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized is adapted as to its shape and/or configuration to the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized which is accommodated in said at least one fitting mount.

9. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fitting mount for the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized is adapted as to its shape and/or configuration to the section of the medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized which is accommodated in said at least one fitting mount.

10. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein in the interior of the receiving compartment the carrier further includes at least two stacking sections spanning the receiving compartment for at least one of stacking or guiding the packaging device.

11. The packaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier is U-shaped in the interior of the receiving compartment for laterally protecting the medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized which are accommodated in the receiving compartment.

12. A secondary packaging in combination with a plurality of packaging devices according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary packaging includes a receptacle and a guide rail on which the carriers of the packaging devices are arranged.

13. A packaging device comprising:
a receiving compartment for medical products to be sterilized or having been sterilized, the receiving compartment sealable in a sterile manner; and
a carrier configured to at least one of hang, guide, or handle the packaging device, the carrier extending into an interior of the receiving compartment and comprising at least one fitting mount for a section of a medical product to be sterilized or having been sterilized, wherein the carrier includes an evacuating means by which at least a partial vacuum can be produced in the receiving compartment.

14. The packaging device according to claim 13 , wherein the evacuating means is a vacuum channel.

Assignees

• Braun Melsungen Ag

Inventors

• Geiger Ralph
• Van Venrooy-Markefka Peter

Classifications

• A61B2050/311

  Cases · CPC title

• A61B50/31

  Carrying cases or bags, e.g. doctors' bags · CPC title

• A61B50/28

  suspended from the ceiling · CPC title

• A61B50/00

  Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers (drapes specially adapted for instruments A61B46/10) · CPC title

• A61B2050/3011

  having carrying handles · CPC title