# US 9,038,822 B2 · Blow-molded package for a catheter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,822 B2 - Document ID: US9038822B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/157,279 - Filed: 2014-01-16 - Published: 2014-09-18 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-15 - Assignees: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. - Applicants: Medtronic Vascular, Inc. - Inventors: Jeffrey Barnell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038822B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - B29C 49/00: Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor - B29C 49/4273: {Auxiliary operations after the blow-moulding operation not otherwise provided for} - B29C 49/0691: {using sheet like material, e.g. sheet blow-moulding from joined sheets} - B29L 2023/007: {Medical tubes other than catheters (catheters B29L2031/7542)} - B29L 2031/7542: {Catheters} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract A package for a medical device having an elongated shaft and a proximal luer fitting includes a one-piece body formed as a single structure via blow molding. The blow-molded one-piece body includes at least a spiral casing formed therein, the spiral casing defining a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device. Webbing is disposed between adjacent curved portions of the spiral casing. The one-piece body formed via blow-molding may also include a removable reversible loading tube, a luer retainer, a cannula holder, one or more slots for attaching an information card thereto, a fastener for clipping the medical device thereto, and a compartment for holding an oxygen scavenger. Further, the one-piece body formed via blow-molding may include non-circular lumens and may be configured to receive multiple medical devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A package for holding a medical device that includes an elongated shaft, the package comprising: a blow-molded one-piece body that defines a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device, the one-piece body having webbing, an upper spiral rib raised in a first direction relative to the webbing, and a second spiral rib raised in a second opposing direction relative to the webbing, wherein the upper and lower spiral ribs collectively form a spiral casing within which the spiral lumen is defined such that webbing extends between adjacent curved portions of the spiral casing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The package of claim 1, wherein the spiral casing has a first end and a second end and the one-piece body includes a loading tube at the second end of the spiral casing, the loading tube defining a lumen configured to receive a distal end portion of the medical device, wherein the lumen of the loading tube is in fluid communication with the spiral lumen of the one-piece body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The package of claim 2, wherein the loading tube is removable and configured to selectively alternate between a first configuration in which a first end of the loading tube is disposed over the second end of the spiral casing and a second configuration in which a second end of the loading tube is inserted into the second end of the spiral casing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The package of claim 2, wherein the lumen of the loading tube has a different cross-sectional shape from the spiral lumen of the spiral casing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The package of claim 2, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the lumen of the loading tube varies along the length thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The package of claim 2, wherein the one-piece body further includes a luer retainer formed at the first end of the spiral casing, the luer retainer defining an opening configured to receive a proximal luer fitting of the medical device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The package of claim 1, wherein the spiral casing is a first spiral casing and the one-piece body further includes a second spiral casing that defines a second spiral lumen configured to receive an elongated shaft of a second medical device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The package of claim 7, wherein the second spiral casing is nested within the first spiral casing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The package of claim 1, wherein the spiral lumen of the one-piece body has a non-circular cross-section along at least a portion of its length. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The package of claim 1, wherein adjacent curved portions of the spiral casing extend on a common plane. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The package of claim 1, wherein the one-piece body further includes at least one of a cannula holder defining an opening configured to receive a cannula for use with the elongated medical device, at least one slot formed through the webbing for attaching an information card thereto, a fastener formed on the webbing for clipping the medical device thereto, and a compartment for clipping an oxygen scavenger. ### Claim 12 A package for holding a medical device having an elongated shaft and a proximal luer fitting, the package comprising: a one-piece body that includes a spiral casing formed therein, the spiral casing defining a spiral lumen configured to receive the elongated shaft of the medical device, wherein webbing is disposed between adjacent curved portions of the spiral casing, a luer retainer formed at a first end of the spiral casing, the luer retainer defining an opening configured to receive the proximal luer fitting of the medical device, and a loading tube formed at a second end of the spiral casing, the loading tube defining a lumen configured to receive a distal end portion of the medical device, wherein the lumen of the loading tube is in fluid communication with the spiral lumen. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The package of claim 12, wherein the loading tube is removable and configured to selectively alternate between a first configuration in which a first end of the loading tube is disposed over the second end of the spiral casing and a second configuration in which a second end of the loading tube is inserted into the second end of the spiral casing.