US 12,472,050 B2
Dock holder, packaging, and methods of use
Jason Seng-Che Lam, Lake Forest, CA (US); Darshin S. Patel, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); Alyssa Joy Hamm, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Yuanlong Du, Irvine, CA (US); Jocelyn Chau, Buena Park, CA (US); Sean Chow, Irvine, CA (US); and Vipul P. Rajpara, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/332,159.
Application 18/332,159 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/062340, filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,425, filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329851 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B65D 25/10 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0095 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); B65D 1/36 (2013.01); B65D 25/10 (2013.01); B65D 43/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container configured to receive a dock assembly therein for packaging, the container comprising:
a base defining an engagement surface configured to receive the dock assembly;
a lid configured to releasably engage with the base such that at least a portion of the dock assembly is disposed between the base and the lid; and
a dock holder affixed to the container and configured to receive a first portion of the dock assembly comprising two or more adjacent coils thereon, the dock holder comprising a protrusion configured to engage the first portion of the dock assembly and space a second portion of the dock assembly away from the dock holder, wherein the dock holder is cylindrical and defines an exterior surface configured to contact the first portion of the dock assembly, wherein the protrusion extends outward from the exterior surface in a radial direction, and wherein the protrusion is configured to separate the two or more adjacent coils of the first portion of the dock assembly from one another.