Package for an active medical device

Abstract

A package for an active medical device has a film member pocket recess. The member has a planar flange about the recess and a flat wall with an opening. A lid attaches to the flange. Outer and inner parts of a junction conjugate in the opening to seal and insure sterility. Test means on the inner part test means include a transparent window in a central web to permit optical signal transmission and electrical signals pass through a plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive pins about the web to distally couple the device and test linkage. An inner part band with a brim thereabout fits through the opening so the brim faces the wall. An outer part collar with a rim thereabout conjugates with the band that extends through the opening and the rim abuts in tight facing relation the wall. The brim and band support a resilient gasket for compression between the wall and the brim when threads on the band mate with threads on the collar. An assembly method entails making an opening in the package wall, placing a gasket against the brim, inserting the band through the opening and installing the collar on the band to form a sterile barrier with threads. A test method entails inserting the device in the recess, attaching the device to the junction, applying energy to the connection from outside and receiving modified energy from the device.