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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1990
Richard W Grabenkort, Barrington, IL (US);
Conrad T Fong, Redmond, WA (US);
Cheryl D Germany, Kirkland, WA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved package for a medical device includes an inner wrap that envelopes the medical device, the inner wrap including a gas-permeable surface, and a chamber defined in the inner wrap to store a hydratable sensor of the medical device. Plumbing for the package controls fluid flow into and within the inner wrap, to selectively establish, without breaching a portion of the inner wrap surrounding the sensor, fluid communication between the gas-permeable surface and the sensor, to sterilize the sensor and the inner wrap with a gaseous sterilant, or to hydrate the sensor with hydration fluid obtained from a source of hydration fluid connected to the chamber, or to equilibrate the hydration fluid in the chamber with an external source of gas, to calibrate the sensor within the inner wrap.