Compact syringe and catheter package
US5048684A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D75/323
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A package for a plurality of identical elongate articles each with a longitudinal axis and a head, center and tail. A pair of film members with abutting parts of their major surfaces are positioned along a common plane and pockets formed in the film members as nonabutting parts across from one another provide a plurality of article receiving spaces. Each article receiving space has a head, center and tail space to position an article with its head, center and tail in the respective spaces when the film members are attached to one another along the abutting parts. The article receiving spaces are disposed within the film members parallel in closely spaced and side by side relation for minimizing the abutting major surfaces between adjacent article receiving spaces and the spaces are in head to tail relation so the axes of the articles received therein are substantially parallel. The film members are thermoformed polymer joined along abutting surfaces. The attached pair of film members have a parting line defining at least one complete package separable from the next adjacent package having an article receiving space.
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