Catheter package
AssigneeAstra Aktiebolag
InventorsAgneta Pettersson, Jan Utas
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Abstract
A catheter package (10; 110; 210) comprising a catheter (1; 101; 201) positioned within an inner container (2; 102; 202) permeable to a sterilizing agent, for example an ethylene oxide gas. An outer container (3; 103; 203) which prevents access of moisture to the interior thereof encloses the inner container and catheter assembly. Two or more catheters may be stored in individual inner containers within the outer container.
Claims13
A catheter package comprising a hydrophilic surface coated catheter, an inner container and an outer container, wherein the inner container encloses the catheter and permits the passage of a sterilizing agent through the inner container for sterilizing the catheter and the outer container encloses the inner container and substantially prevents access of moisture to the interior of the outer container.
A method of manufacturing a catheter package comprising the following steps:
- (a) enclosing a hydrophilic surface coated catheter in an inner container which permits passage of a sterilising agent through the inner container to the enclosed catheter;
- (b) exposing the inner container and catheter assembly to the sterilising agent sufficiently to sterilise the catheter;
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- (c) enclosing the inner container and catheter in an outer container which substantially prevents access of moisture to the interior of the outer container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.