# US 12,667,444 B2 · Packaging arrangement for a medical device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,667,444 B2 - Document ID: US12667444B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/833,142 - Filed: 2023-01-13 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Granted: 2026-06-30 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-15 - Assignees: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG - Applicants: Biotronik AG - Inventors: Moritz Oeler; Johannes Schampel; Bram Hermans - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12667444B2 ## CPC - A61B 50/33: Trays - A61F 2/0095: {Packages or dispensers for prostheses or other implants (for intraocular lenses A61F2/1691; for dental surgery A61C19/02)} - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - A61B 2050/3008: {having multiple compartments} - A61F 2/2427: {Devices for manipulating or deploying heart valves during implantation} - A61F 2/95: Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A packaging arrangement for a medical device includes at least one device recess configured to receive the medical device. A loading is basin configured to receive a liquid that can manipulate the medical device housed in the at least one device recess or to be connected to the medical device housed in the at least one device recess. A spillway basin is connected to the loading basin via a spillway passage having a spillway passage inflow and a spillway passage outflow. The spillway passage includes a downward slope from the spillway passage inflow to the spillway passage outflow configured to promote a liquid flow to the spillway passage outflow. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A packaging arrangement for a medical device, comprising: at least one device recess configured to receive the medical device; a loading basin configured to receive a liquid that can manipulate the medical device housed in the at least one device recess or can be connected to the medical device housed in the at least one device recess; and a spillway basin, wherein the loading basin is connected to the spillway basin via a spillway passage having a spillway passage inflow and a spillway passage outflow, wherein the spillway passage comprises a downward slope from the spillway passage inflow to the spillway passage outflow configured to promote a liquid flow to the spillway passage outflow, wherein the spillway passage comprises a spillway barrier between the spillway passage inflow and the spillway passage outflow, wherein the liquid flow must overcome the spillway barrier to reach the spillway passage outflow, and wherein the spillway barrier is movable with respect to the spillway passage to allow an adjustment of a height of a top of the spillway barrier. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a top of the spillway barrier is higher than the spillway passage inflow and/or spillway passage outflow. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a bottom of the spillway basin is located at a height not lower than a height of the loading basin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the loading basin, the spillway passage and the spillway basin comprises a sidewall having a rim between a top of the sidewall and a bottom of the sidewall, the rim providing an additional volume for a liquid present in a compartment confined by the sidewall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, comprising a discharging element in fluid communication with an interior of the loading basin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The packaging arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the discharging element comprises a discharging element inflow oriented to the interior of the loading basin and located at a height that corresponds to at least one of a) a height between an optimum fill level of the loading basin and a top of a sidewall of the loading basin, b) a height between the spillway passage inflow and a top of a sidewall of the loading basin, and c) a height between a top of a spillway barrier and a top of a sidewall of the spillway passage, wherein the spillway barrier is located between the spillway passage inflow and the spillway passage outflow and the liquid flow must overcome the spillway barrier to reach the spillway passage outflow. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The packaging arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the discharging element comprises a valve or a removable plugging structure via which a fluid passage within the discharging element can be opened or closed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The packaging arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the discharging element is arranged at a corner of the packaging arrangement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the spillway basin or loading basin is configured to accommodate a removable rinsing tray in a storage or transport state of the packaging arrangement, the removable rinsing tray comprising one or more recesses each configured to receive a rinsing liquid wherein the packaging arrangement is in a preparation state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one device recess is configured to receive an oblong medical device in a curved position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The packaging arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one device recess is configured to receive at least in part a delivery catheter for a prosthetic heart valve, a cardiovascular occlusion device, an aortic graft or an implantable leadless pacer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The packaging arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the discharging element comprises a plug or a valve at a bottom portion of the packaging arrangement.