Packaging, storage, and protective techniques for medical syringes and fluid path components

A packaging system for the sterilization of syringes, the system comprising:

• a plurality of syringes, wherein each syringe of the plurality of syringe comprises:
• a body defining a proximal end and a distal end;
• a plunger disposed within the body proximate the proximal end;
• and
• a tip at the distal end;
• a dividing wall arrangement defining a plurality of spaces, at least a portion of the plurality of spaces being configured to receive one of the plurality of syringes therein, wherein each of the plurality of syringes are received in an upright, substantially parallel configuration and the dividing wall arrangement divides each individual syringe from one or more adjacent syringes;
• a cover configured to receive the distal ends of the plurality of syringes therethrough;
• and
• a container configured to receive the plurality of syringes, the dividing wall arrangement, and the cover therein,
• wherein the plurality of syringes, dividing wall arrangement, and cover are received within the container such that each of the plurality of syringes are configured to be sterilized within the container by an outside source.

A method for sterilizing a plurality of syringes contained in a packaging system, the method comprising:

• packaging the plurality of syringes in a syringe packaging system, the syringe packaging system comprising:
• a dividing wall arrangement defining a plurality of spaces;
• a container configured to receive the dividing wall arrangement and a plurality of syringes therein;
• and
• an internal bottom surface of the container configured to support a proximal end of the plurality of syringes, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of spaces are configured to receive an individual syringe of the plurality of syringes therein, wherein the plurality of syringes are received in an upright, substantially parallel configuration and the dividing wall arrangement divides each individual syringe from one or more adjacent syringes, wherein at least a portion of the internal bottom surface is slanted at an angle relative to an outer bottom surface of the container such that the proximal end of at least one of the plurality of syringes is at a different elevation of at least another one of the plurality of syringes, and wherein a plunger of the at least one of the plurality of syringes is at least partially offset in a lateral direction from a plunger of the at least another one of the plurality of syringes;
• and
• irradiating at least a portion of the syringe packaging system with a sterilizing irradiation beam oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plurality of syringes.