Syringe package
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorMarcus Jacob Millet
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Abstract
A container in the form of an elongated tray for packaging a plurality of syringes and subsequently forming a rack when inverted for holding the syringes prior to and after use. The tray may have an open top, enclosed side walls and an enclosed bottom wall having an external surface with at least one row of notches for holding and accurately positioning the syringes. A removable label or cover may be heat-sealed or otherwise secured over the open top of the tray. In one embodiment of the invention, a heat-sealable dunnage material may be positioned in the tray between the cover and the syringes and both the dunnage material and the tray may be heat-sealed to the cover to thereby facilitate removal of the dunnage material. The method of utilizing the heat-sealable dunnage material is also disclosed.
Claims11
A container for a plurality of syringes, comprising:
- an elongated tray having an open top, enclosed side walls and an enclosed bottom wall, said bottom wall having an internal surface and an external surface;
- and means on the external surface of said bottom wall for holding said plurality of syringes after said syringes have been removed from said container and said container has been placed in an inverted position with said top facing downwardly.
A syringe package, comprising:
- an elongated tray having an open top, enclosed side walls and an enclosed bottom wall, said bottom wall having an internal surface and an external surface;
- a plurality of syringes disposed in said tray on said internal surface;
- a removable cover secured over said open top of said tray;
- and means on said external surface for holding said syringes in spaced relation after said cover has been removed from said top, said syringes have been removed from said package and said package has been placed in an inverted position with said top facing downwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.