Patent · US Expired

Package for a sterilized material

US4206844A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1978
Grant dateJun 10, 1980
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Expiry dateJul 19, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31913
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A package of, for example, a medical instrument adapted to be sterilized by ethylene oxide gas, which comprises a package body in which a paper substrate is coated with a polyester resin emulsion layer, and a thermoplastic resin emulsion layer, and a thermoplastic resin emulsion layer is laminated on said polyester resin emulsion layer, and a covering sheet heat-sealed to the thermoplastic resin emulsion layer around a packed material, thereby hermetically sealing the package, said package having an indicator enabling the completion of disinfection to be visibly recognized.

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