US 11,911,571 B2
Packaging for a medical device
Andrew Kendrick, Cheshire (GB); Oliver Walter Pfleger, Merseyside (GB); and Julie Lambrethsen, Cheshire (GB)
Assigned to ConvaTec Limited, Flintshire (GB)
Filed by CONVATEC LIMITED, Flintshire (GB)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,322.
Application 17/238,322 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/050981, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2006057 (GB), filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0330929 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2209/06 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1096 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Packaging housing an intermittent catheter, the packaging comprising:
first and second side walls sealed or otherwise secured around a periphery thereof to define a pair of major edges, a lower edge and an upper edge; wherein the pair of major edges comprise: a first, straight edge; and a second, tapered edge opposing the first and tapering from the upper edge to the lower edge;
an interaction region defining a first point of contact for a user of the packaging, the interaction region comprising one or more visual and/or tactile indicators on the first and/or second side walls of the packaging and being positioned proximal to the first or second edge;
a tear-away region defined proximal to the upper edge, the tear-away region comprising: a tear line between a first end and a second end of the tear-away region defining a line along which the packaging may be torn to at least partially separate the tear-away region from a remainder of the packaging to form an open upper end of the packaging, in use; an interaction point at a first end of the tear-away region defining a second point of contact for a user of the packaging; and a tear stop at the second end of the tear-away region, the tear stop acting to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the tear-away region being completely separated from the remainder of the packaging; wherein the tear-away region is triangular in shape formed in part by the upper edge sloping from the interaction point to the tear stop; and
a sealing arrangement comprising a first sealing member provided on an interior surface of the first side wall of the packaging and a second sealing member provided on an interior surface of the second side wall of the packaging, the first and second sealing members being operable to provide a user-sealable seal between the first and second side walls of the packaging, proximal to the tear-away region;
wherein at least a portion of the first and/or second side walls of the packaging comprise a material having a textured surface profile on the interior and/or an exterior surface thereof.