US 12,433,709 B2
Medical device package with first use indicator label
Vivienne McNulty, Dublin (IE); Shane O'Malley, Ballina (IE); and Michelle Heffernan, Sligo (IE)
Assigned to Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
Appl. No. 18/043,234
Filed by Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/048635
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/051346, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,596, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024059 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/30 (2016.02) [A61B 2560/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical product assembly comprising;
a) a package, the package including a case for receiving a medical product, the case having an open end, a cap for sealing the open end of the case, a hinge having a first end connected to the cap and a second end connected to the case, an indentation in an outer surface of the cap, the indentation in a portion of the outer surface of the cap having a reduced outer dimension compared to a remaining portion of the outer surface of the cap in which it is formed, an indentation in an outer surface of the case, the indentation in a portion of the outer surface of the case having a reduced outer dimension compared to a remaining portion of the outer surface of the case in which it is formed, the indentation in the cap and the indentation in the case being adjacent to each other when the cap is in a fully closed position; and a first use indication label affixed to the cap and case that spans both the indentation in the cap and the indentation in the case when the cap is in the fully closed position; and
b) a medical device contained within the package, the medical device having a distal end that extends beyond the open end of the case and positioned within the case such that the first use indication label contacts the distal end of the medical device when the cap is moved from an open position to a re-closed position.