Clear package for bioabsorbable articles
US5322161A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB32B2439/80
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flexible package of low moisture permeability suitable for packaging moisture sensitive materials and devices such as bioabsorbable surgical staples and clips and instruments containing these devices includes a first panel fabricated from a substantially transparent polymeric laminate film possessing an inorganic moisture vapor transmission barrier layer, the first panel having a measurable moisture vapor transmission rate and being bonded along its edges to the edges of a second panel fabricated from either (i) a transparent flexible polymeric laminate film possessing an inorganic moisture vapor transmission barrier layer which is the same as, or is different from, the film of the first panel; or (ii) an opaque, flexible metal foil laminate to form a contents-enclosing pouch therebetween, the pouch containing a quantity of desiccant and at least one sterile moisture-sensitive material or device, e.g., the aforesaid bioabsorbable staples, clips or instruments containing such staples or clips.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.