The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Barnell, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 75/28 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61B 50/3001 (2016.02); A61B 2050/002 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0065 (2016.02); A61B 2050/314 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method includes hermetically sealing a medical device within a pouch, the pouch including peeling panels that are free from one another. The pouch is placed within a tray and the peeling panels are attached to unloading handles of the tray. The unloading handles are releasably coupled together. The method further includes simultaneously separating the unloading handles and the peeling panels to open the pouch and expose the medical device for removal thereof.