US 11,717,201 B2
Fluid collection set package that forms a tube holder
Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, NJ (US); and Matthew Lee Kolb, Denville, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/50,631
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/029605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/212947, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/664,506, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228122 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150305 (2013.01) [A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150732 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package for a needle assembly comprising:
a tray defining a compartment in a first configuration for receiving the needle assembly, wherein the tray is configured to be reconfigured in a second configuration to form a holder configured to hold the needle assembly during fluid collection, wherein the tray comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes a first sidewall extending from a first peripheral flange and between a first end and a second end of the first portion, wherein the second portion includes a second sidewall extending from a second peripheral flange and between a first end and a second end of the second portion, wherein, in the first configuration, the first end of the first portion is at least partially removably connected to the first end of the second portion, wherein, in the second configuration, the first end of the first portion and the first end of the second portion define a distal opening in the holder, and wherein the holder is configured to hold the needle assembly in the distal opening between the first end of the first portion and the first end of the second portion.