Implant package insert delivery system
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Applebaum, Brad Beale
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Abstract
A sterilizable medical implant package insert that provides enhanced protection of the implant during shipment and easier access of the implant at its destination. The sterile implant package insert is placed within standard sterile implant packages and provides for the automatic presentation of the implant from the insert when the sterile package top is opened. The insert also provides increased protection of the implants during shipping and operating room manipulation by securely holding the implant, thus preventing damage from collisions between the implant and the container walls and by providing double wall containment.
Claims13
A sterilizable medical implant package insert for placement in a depression of a sterilizable implant package, the insert comprising:
- a base sized to securely fit within the package depression;
- a lid sized to fit within the package depression, said lid including holding means for removably and securely holding an implant, said lid and said base having a combined height less than the effective height of the package depression;
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- attaching means for pivotally attaching said lid to said base, said attaching means adapted to automatically elevate said lid and hold said lid in an open position in the absence of external forces and to allow said lid to pivot into a closed position by an application of external force to said lid, said lid being pivotable between said open and said closed position,
- said lid and said base adapted to define an at least partially enclosed chamber therebetween when said lid is in said closed position,
- said holding means securely holding an implant at least partially within said chamber when said lid is in said closed position and presenting an implant for removal in an accessible manner when said lid is in said open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.