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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1987
Michael Taterka, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Yue-Teh Jang, Houston, TX (US);
Jill J Wade, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Vern L Liebmann, Sugarland, TX (US);
Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A catheter packaging system includes a catheter tray having a main tray body with a hub-retaining portion and an interchangeable catheter tip-retaining insert. The insert is selectively receivable within a corresponding recess in the main tray body. The main tray body and the interchangeable insert each include a plurality of catheter tracks for holding different catheters with at least one catheter tip track of the interchangeable insert being in line with a main body track for holding a catheter therein. Each main body track is provided with a hub-retaining slot for engaging and holding a catheter hub.