US 12,070,381 B2
Sterile packaging container
David Loomis, San Diego, CA (US); and Morton B. Albert, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,777.
Application 17/662,121 is a division of application No. 16/159,110, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,324,580, issued on May 10, 2022.
Application 18/329,777 is a continuation of application No. 17/662,121, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,707,350.
Application 16/159,110 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/027727, filed on Apr. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,682, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310136 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); B29C 48/09 (2019.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0095 (2013.01) [A61L 2/081 (2013.01); A61L 2/206 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/182 (2013.01); A61L 2202/21 (2013.01); B29C 48/09 (2019.02); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterile packaging container configured for sterilization and gas permeation of a second sterile packaging container, the sterile packaging container comprising:
a container body having a longitudinal axis, a first open end, and a second open end, wherein the container body has a cross-sectional shape that is constant along a majority of the longitudinal axis;
a cover that forms a microbe-tight seal on the first open end, comprising a cover cap and a stopper element; and
a closure assembly that forms a microbe-tight seal on the second open end, the closure assembly comprising a closure base attached to the container body at the second open end, and a closure cap removably engaged with the closure base.