Foldable package for endoscopic components and the like
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorConstance E. Roshdy
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Abstract
Packaging for retaining a component together with an instrument package is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a foldable package made from a sheet of cut and folded paperboard material is used to retain an endoscope introducer and attach the introducer to an instrument package containing an instrument that is used with the introducer. The disclosed foldable package comprises openings and flaps that retain both the proximal and distal ends of the introducer, and a proximal flap overlies the introducer. The proximal flap is used to release the package and expose the introducer, permitting it to be removed in one smooth motion. Methods of providing prepackaged surgical instruments for a procedure are also disclosed.
Claims12
A packaging system for an endoscopic instrument and an endoscopic introducer for said instrument comprising:
- an instrument package having opposed sides and opposed ends adapted to contain an endoscopic instrument, a foldable package for retaining said introducer removably affixed said instrument package, said foldable package comprising:
- a central panel having longitudinal sides and lateral ends;
- slits cut inward of the longitudinal sides to create longitudinal retainer flaps adapted to engage the sides of said instrument package;
- a forward extension portion comprising a proximal tab and an opening for receiving a distal end of the introducer when folded;
- and a rearward extension portion comprising an opening for receiving a proximal end of the introducer when folded.
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