Dispensing packages for medical devices having two components that are mechanically interlocked and methods therefor

A package for a flat medical implant comprising:

• a flexible outer component including a first panel and a second panel foldable over said first panel for closing said package;
• an inner component mechanically interlocked with said flexible outer component, said inner component being more hydrophilic than said flexible outer component;
• wherein with said second panel folded over said first panel, said inner component has a first lateral locking tab insertable into a first locking slit on said second panel for mechanically interlocking said outer and inner panels and closing a first side of said package and said inner component has a second lateral locking tab insertable into a second locking slit on said second panel for mechanically interlocking said outer and inner components and closing a second side of said package;
• a flat medical implant held by said inner component, wherein upper ends of said first and second panels are peelable away from one another while said outer and inner components remains mechanically interconnected together for opening said package and accessing said flat medical implant at an upper end of said package.

A package for a medical device comprising:

• an outer component including a first panel and a second panel foldable over said first panel for closing said package;
• and
• an inner component mechanically interlocked with said outer component, wherein said inner component is adapted to be disposed inside said outer component when said package is closed, and wherein said package is adapted to be opened while said outer and inner components remain mechanically interlocked together;
• wherein said inner component includes a main panel having an upper end and a lower and at least one set of opposing securing tabs adapted to releasably secure a medical device to said inner component, wherein said opposing securing tabs are oriented toward said upper end of said main panel for urging release of said medical device from said upper end of said main panel, and wherein said inner component has a first lateral locking tab projecting from a first lateral edge of said main panel that is insertable into a first locking slit on said second panel of said outer component for mechanically interlocking said outer and inner components and closing a first side of said package and a second lateral locking tab proiecting from a second lateral edge of said main panel that is insertable into a second locking slit on said second panel of said outer component for mechanically interlocking said outer and inner components and closing a second side of said package.