US 11,883,213 B2
Medical device containment and transportation systems and methods
Nathan T. Cummings, Worcester, MA (US); Jenny Dandin, Worcester, MA (US); Michele E. Dalena, Boston, MA (US); Alyson Bolick, Boston, MA (US); Ryan LaFlamme, Ham Lake, MN (US); Joshua Talsky, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Mark Collins, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/726,588.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,142, filed on May 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/784,995, filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0205925 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. B65D 83/10 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); B65D 25/16 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/30 (2016.02) [B65D 25/16 (2013.01); B65D 51/242 (2013.01); A61B 2050/0071 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3007 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3011 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for containing and transporting a medical device, the system comprising:
a container including a bottom face and surrounding side faces as a closed first end and an open second end to form an inner portion for receiving and retaining the medical device, at least a portion of one or more of the side faces having an indentation extending along a length of the respective side face; and
a liner removably enclosable about the container, the liner being extendable over the side faces to line the inner portion of the container and extending fully over the side faces to an outer surface of the bottom face of the container, such that the liner is conformable to a profile of the container;
wherein the indentation on at least a portion of the one or more side faces is formed into the inner portion of the container such that the container is compatibly receivable in a first transportation device in a first orientation, the indentation having a flared end opening.