# US 2017/0281901 A1 · Storage case > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0281901 A1 - Document ID: US20170281901A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/628,724 - Filed: 2017-06-21 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-26 - Assignees: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yuya OTAKE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170281901A1 ## CPC - 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)} - A61M 39/18: Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking - A61B 50/20: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02) - A61B 50/30: 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) - A61J 1/00: Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00) - A61M 2025/0008: {having visible markings on its surface, i.e. visible to the naked eye, for any purpose, e.g. insertion depth markers, rotational markers or identification of type} - A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes - B65D 85/00: Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00) - 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)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A storage case accommodates a plurality of medical elongated bodies, which are assembled when used, and includes a plurality of pipe bodies wound to form a ring-like shape that are connected to each other in order to accommodate each of the medical elongated bodies, and a package case that collectively accommodates the plurality of connected pipe bodies. At least two of the pipe bodies are disposed side by side so as to overlap each other in a state in which the center axes of winding are deviated, and the pipe bodies have opening portions arranged so that the medical elongated bodies can be assembled within the storage case using no more than two hands. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage case that accommodates a plurality of medical elongated bodies, which are assembled when used, the storage case comprising: a plurality of pipe bodies wound to form a ring-like shape that are connected to each other in order to accommodate each of the medical elongated bodies. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, wherein a winding direction of at least one of said pipe bodies is a direction opposite to a winding direction of other of said pipe bodies. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, wherein at least two of said pipe bodies have the same winding direction and have respective proximal opening portions, from which the respective medical elongated bodies are pulled out, on a same side of said storage case. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, further comprising: an assistive member for grasping the storage case. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the pipe bodies are disposed to overlap each other in a direction along the center axis of winding. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, wherein one of the pipe bodies is an outer pipe body, and another one of the pipe bodies is an inner pipe body disposed on the center side of the winding of the outer pipe body, wherein the medical elongated body, which is accommodated in the outer pipe body, is a guiding catheter, and wherein the medical elongated body, which is accommodated in the inner pipe body, is an inner catheter that is inserted into the inside of the guiding catheter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The storage case according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of connection members that connect the plurality of pipe bodies, wherein one of said plurality of connection members, which is connected in the vicinity of a proximal opening portion of one of said pipe bodies from which a respective medical elongated body is pulled out, has a color different from that of an other of the connection members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The storage case according to claim 7, further comprising: a package case that collectively accommodates the plurality of connected pipe bodies. ### Claim 9 A storage case that accommodates a plurality of medical elongated bodies, which are assembled when used, the storage case comprising: a plurality of pipe bodies wound to form a ring-like shape that are connected to each other in order to accommodate the medical elongated bodies, respectively, wherein at least two of said pipe bodies are disposed side by side so as to overlap each other in a state in which the center axes of winding are deviated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The storage case according to claim 9, wherein a winding direction of at least one of said pipe bodies is a direction opposite to a winding direction of other of said pipe bodies. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The storage case according to claim 9, wherein at least two of said pipe bodies have the same winding direction and have respective proximal opening portions, from which the respective medical elongated bodies are pulled out, on a same side of said storage case. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The storage case according to claim 9, further comprising: an assistive member for grasping the storage case. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The storage case according to claim 9, wherein at least two of the pipe bodies are disposed to overlap each other in a direction along the center axis of winding. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The storage case according to claim 9, further comprising: a plurality of connection members that connect the plurality of pipe bodies, wherein one of said plurality of connection members, which is connected in the vicinity of a proximal opening portion of one of said pipe bodies from which a respective medical elongated body is pulled out, has a color different from that of an other of the connection members. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The storage case according to claim 14, further comprising: a package case that collectively accommodates the plurality of connected pipe bodies. ### Claim 16 A method for inserting a catheter assembly into a vessel using a storage case in which an outer pipe body and an inner pipe body which accommodate a guiding catheter and an inner catheter are connected to each other by a connection member, the method comprising: inserting a syringe into a hub portion of the guiding catheter, injecting a heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming the inside of the guiding catheter; inserting a syringe into a hub portion of the inner catheter, injecting a heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming the inside of the inner catheter; inserting a syringe into a holder hub provided on a side opposite to an insertion portion of the first pipe body into which a catheter hub is inserted, the first pipe body accommodating the guiding catheter with the holder inside out, injecting heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming an outer surface of the guiding catheter; grasping a grasp portion of the storage case with one hand; maintaining a state of grasping the grasp portion with the one hand while pulling out the inner catheter from an inner pipe body with the other hand; inserting the pulled-out inner catheter into a proximal opening portion of the guiding catheter; causing a locking rotation portion of the inner catheter to rotate and to be connected to a locking projection portion of the guiding catheter; assembling the guiding catheter and the pulled-out inner catheter; pulling-out, from the outer pipe body, the guiding catheter which is in a state where the inner catheter is assembled, with the hand that pulls out the inner catheter; taking out, from the storage case, a catheter assembly assembled by the guiding catheter and the pulled-out inner catheter; and inserting the catheter assembly into a vessel through a sheath inserted into the vessel in advance. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising, before grasping the grasp portion, performing the steps of: inserting a syringe into a hub portion of the guiding catheter, injecting a heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming the inside of the guiding catheter; inserting a syringe into a hub portion of the inner catheter, injecting a heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming the inside of the inner catheter; and inserting a syringe into a holder hub provided on a side opposite to an insertion portion of the first pipe body into which a catheter hub is inserted, the first pipe body accommodating the guiding catheter with the holder inside out, injecting heparinized physiological salt solution, and priming an outer surface of the guiding catheter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising, before grasping the grasp portion, removing the storage case from a package case.