Vacuum package system

A vacuum packaging system for transporting a plurality of medical containers comprising:

• a plurality of medical containers, each medical container including a head side and a base side;
• a tray that receives and supports the medical containers, the tray including opposing first and second side walls, opposing front and rear walls and a bottom floor, the walls extending generally perpendicularly from the floor of the tray;
• at least one platform generally extending parallel to the floor of the tray, the at least one platform including a plurality of spaced-apart projections extending perpendicularly from the floor of the tray;
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• an air impervious flexible film defining an internal cavity, the air impervious flexible film completely surrounding the tray and the medical containers, the internal cavity being evacuated to and maintained at a predetermined vacuum level below atmospheric pressure,
• wherein one of the head side and the base side of each medical container contacts a top surface of the at least one platform when the medical containers are positioned in the tray, and wherein one of the head side and the base side of at least one of the medical containers directly contacts a top surface of a portion of one of the projections.

A vacuum packaging system for transporting a plurality of medical containers comprising:

• a plurality of medical containers, each medical container including a head side and a base side;
• a tray that receives and supports the medical containers, the tray including opposing first and second side walls, opposing front and rear walls and a bottom floor, the walls extending generally perpendicularly from the floor of the tray;
• at least one platform generally extending parallel to the floor of the tray, the at least one platform having a predetermined thickness approximately equal to the distance between the floor of the tray and the head side or base side of the medical containers when the medical containers are positioned in the tray;
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• an air impervious flexible film defining an internal cavity, the air impervious flexible film completely surrounding the tray and the medical containers, the internal cavity being evacuated to and maintained at a predetermined vacuum level below atmospheric pressure,
• wherein one of the head side and the base side of each medical container contacts a top surface of the at least one platform when the medical containers are positioned in the tray.