US 11,730,163 B2
Packaging assembly for storing tissue and cellular material
Silvia Chen, Virginia Beach, VA (US); Austin Johnson, Virginia Beach, VA (US); and Roberto Bracone, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Assigned to LifeNet Health, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed by LifeNet Health, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/142,707.
Application 17/142,707 is a continuation of application No. 14/769,694, granted, now 10,932,464, previously published as PCT/US2014/018044, filed on Feb. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/767,858, filed on Feb. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153498 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 1/10 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 39/00 (2006.01); B65D 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 1/021 (2013.01) [A01N 1/0263 (2013.01); A01N 1/0268 (2013.01); A61J 1/10 (2013.01); A61M 5/002 (2013.01); B65D 39/0052 (2013.01); B65D 39/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging assembly useful for storing tissue and/or cellular material comprising:
a pouch made of a flexible polymeric material, the pouch having a first opening that is configured to be sealed and cut via an incision, and a second opening opposite the first opening and attached to a needle-free swabable connector;
the pouch having a single compartment, the single compartment containing:
one or more sheets of tissue, membrane, or sponge comprising viable cells, the one or more sheets mixed in a preservation solution and packaged within the single compartment;
wherein the connector is configured to act as a port to allow for the introduction and discharge of biological solutions, rinsing solutions or the preservation solution into and from the pouch without removal of the one or more sheets from the pouch through the port; and
wherein the pouch is designed to facilitate delivery of the one or more sheets via the incision of the pouch.