US 11,752,297 B2
Sterilized packaging system for catheter
William Morris Leonard Neethling, Booragoon (AU); Christopher P. Olig, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Scott Bliss, Blaine, MN (US); Wayne Paterson, Mendota Heights, MN (US); Philip J. Haarstad, Chanhassen, MN (US); Tuan Doan, Burnsville, MN (US); Alex A. Peterson, Maple Grove, MN (US); and David Blaeser, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Assigned to Anteris Technologies Corporation, Eagan, MN (US)
Filed by Anteris Technologies Corporation, Eagan, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/158,033.
Application 17/158,033 is a division of application No. 16/036,417, filed on Jul. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,926,058.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,429, filed on Jul. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0146092 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61L 2/0088 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3008 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3015 (2016.02); A61B 2050/314 (2016.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging system for storing a deployable medical device within a sterilized environment, the packaging system comprising:
a sealed container with at least one sealed seam;
a tray disposed within the sealed container, the tray having a first end, a second end, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the tray comprising:
a first chamber near the first end;
a second chamber near the second end in fluid communication with the first chamber;
at least a third chamber positioned between the first chamber and the second chamber, the third chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second chamber;
a first rib portion in the top wall between the first chamber and the third chamber, the first rib portion comprising a first channel extending between the first chamber and the third chamber;
a fourth chamber positioned between the second chamber and the third chamber, the fourth chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber, the second chamber, and the third chamber; and
a second rib portion in the top wall between the second chamber and the fourth chamber, the second rib portion comprising a second channel extending between the second chamber and the fourth chamber;
a catheter assembly having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter assembly comprising at least one sheath and spanning between the first chamber and the second chamber;
a deployable medical device comprising a tissue material, the deployable medical device engaged with the catheter assembly and disposed within the tray in a storage configuration, wherein in the storage configuration, the deployable medical device is disposed within the first chamber in a partially deployed state distally from a distal end of the catheter assembly; and
a sterilizing fluid disposed within at least the first chamber, wherein the sterilizing fluid contacts at least a part of the deployable medical device in the storage configuration, and wherein each of the first chamber, second chamber, third chamber, and fourth chamber contain a volume of the sterilizing fluid.