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US 8,486,047 B2Granted
Packaged medical device
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorJoshua Stopek
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a packaged medical device including a container for receiving a medical device having a passageway defined therein and a port for permitting the sterile passage of an agent between the outside of the container and the passageway defined within the medical device.
Claims10
A packaged medical device, said packaged device comprising:
- a surgical mesh having at least one hollow portion defined therein;
- a first cavity in a sealed package configured and dimensioned to receive said surgical mesh;
- at least one port attached to said package and attached to said at least one hollow portion defined within said surgical mesh for permitting the sterile passage of at least one agent between the outside of said sealed package and said at least one hollow portion defined within said surgical mesh.
A packaged suture, said packaged suture comprising:
- a suture having at least one hollow portion defined therein;
- a first cavity in a sealed package configured and dimensioned to receive said suture;
- at least one port attached to said package and attached to said at least one hollow portion defined within said suture for permitting the sterile passage of at least one agent between the outside of said sealed package and said at least one hollow portion defined within said suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.