Medical device packaging and related methods
AssigneeRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorsAndrew COOK, Victor BRADFORD
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the disclosure, packaging for a sterile syringe having a nominal size of less than 1 mL may include a flexible tray having a cavity for containing the syringe. The cavity may include an opening, one or more sidewalls, and a base. A lip may surround the opening, may extend radially outward from the cavity, and may define a periphery of the tray. A removable cover may have a periphery that is adhered to the lip, and the removable cover may be permeable to a gaseous sterilant, including one or more of vaporized hydrogen peroxide or ethylene oxide. A projection may be associated with the base of the cavity and may extend away from the base of the cavity in a direction opposite to the opening of the cavity.
Claims21
-15. (canceled)
A method of removing a syringe from packaging, the method comprising:
- peeling off a removable cover from a blister packaging tray having a cavity configured to contain the syringe therein, wherein the blister packaging tray includes a projection associated with a base of the cavity of the blister packaging tray and aligned with the syringe;
- pushing a portion of the projection towards the cavity of the blister packaging tray, wherein pushing the portion of the projection causes a portion of the blister packaging tray to flex;
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- orienting the blister packaging tray so that an opening of the cavity faces a sterile surface to release the syringe from the blister packaging tray.
A method of removing a syringe from a packaging, the packaging including a tray having a cavity, a deformable projection associated with the cavity, and an opening covered by a gas-permeable material, the method comprising:
- removing the gas-permeable material so as to expose the opening of the tray;
- deforming the projection into the cavity and toward a barrel of the syringe, wherein the step of deforming the projection also causes a portion of the tray to flex;
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- ejecting the syringe from the tray.
A packaging comprising:
- a tray having a cavity for receiving a sterile syringe, wherein the tray includes an opening, a plurality of sidewalls, and a base, wherein the cavity includes a first cavity portion, a second cavity portion, and a third cavity portion,
- wherein at least one of the first, second, and third cavity portions is connected to another of the first, second, or third cavity portions by a narrowed portion including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a base, wherein the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the base each include at least one geometric feature projecting into the narrowed portion;
- a lip surrounding the opening;
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- a removable cover adhered to a portion of the lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.