US 11,691,797 B2
Sterilizable pouches for medical devices
David Clarke, Ballybrit (IE); Kate Molan, County Clare (IE); and Christopher Faherty, Galway (IE)
Assigned to Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/871,739.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,560, filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0361684 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 75/30 (2006.01); B65B 55/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC B65D 75/30 (2013.01) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61L 2/206 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B65B 5/045 (2013.01); B65B 55/02 (2013.01); A61B 2050/0066 (2016.02); A61B 2050/316 (2016.02); A61L 2202/181 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A flexible, sterilizable pouch comprising:
a first web, the first web being gas-impermeable and having a first length;
a second web, the second web being gas-permeable and having a second length;
a third web, the third web being gas-impermeable and having a third length, wherein the third length is longer than the first and second lengths such that with first end edges of the first and third webs aligned, a second end edge of the third web extends past a second end edge of the first web;
a cavity formed between the first web and the third web;
a header defined from a first end edge of the second web overlapping with the second end edge of the first web and sealed to an inner surface of the first web to a second end edge of the second web aligned with the second end edge of the third web with the second web sealed to an inner surface of the third web; and
a pocket formed between the first end edge of the second web and the second end edge of the first web, wherein the pocket is configured to receive flushing arms of a flushing sealer.