US 11,833,312 B2
Medical device package with flip cap having a snap fit
Martin McMenamin, Lifford (IE); Daniel E. O'Brien, Calry (IE); Vincent Naughton, Sligo (IE); Joseph N. Hanley, Sligo (IE); David A. Knauz, Riverwoods, IL (US); Martin P. Creaven, Ballina (IE); Stephen Collum, Castlebar (IE); Jeanne E. Lee, Libertyville, IL (US); Siobhan Duffy, Westport (IE); Marine Veronique Germaine Richard, Carrieres sur Seine (FR); Eugene Canavan, Bray (IE); Scott J. Pupino, Lakewood, IL (US); Kieran J. McFadden, Letterkenny (IE); Claire O'Grady, Castlebar (IE); and Daniel A. March, Lake Villa, IL (US)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,652.
Application 17/379,652 is a division of application No. 16/094,937, granted, now 11,103,676, previously published as PCT/US2017/028979, filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/461,635, filed on Feb. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,748, filed on Jan. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/431,856, filed on Dec. 9, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/326,322, filed on Apr. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346645 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 83/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [B65D 43/162 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); B65D 83/0835 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device package, comprising:
a container having an open end for receiving a medical device, said open end defining an outer contour;
a cap engageable with the open end of the container and movable between an open position, wherein access is provided to the open end of the container, and a closed position, wherein the cap prevents access to the open end of the container, the cap having an outer contour which matches the outer contour of the container to provide a smooth continuous outer surface of the package at the junction of the cap and container when the cap is in the closed position; wherein the cap includes a bottom land;
a collar which terminates at the open end of the container with a top land at the open end of the container, wherein a terminal end of the collar includes a pair of slots and a detent between the slots;
wherein the bottom land of the cap mates with the top land of the collar when the package is in the closed position;
wherein the container includes a tubular wall that flares outwardly at a neck portion of the container.