Patent ID: 11911571
Assignee: CONVATEC LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. Packaging housing an intermittent catheter, the packaging comprising:
first and second side walls sealed or otherwise secured around a periphery thereof to define a pair of major edges, a lower edge and an upper edge; wherein the pair of major edges comprise: a first, straight edge; and a second, tapered edge opposing the first and tapering from the upper edge to the lower edge;
an interaction region defining a first point of contact for a user of the packaging, the interaction region comprising one or more visual and/or tactile indicators on the first and/or second side walls of the packaging and being positioned proximal to the first or second edge;
a tear-away region defined proximal to the upper edge, the tear-away region comprising: a tear line between a first end and a second end of the tear-away region defining a line along which the packaging may be torn to at least partially separate the tear-away region from a remainder of the packaging to form an open upper end of the packaging, in use; an interaction point at a first end of the tear-away region defining a second point of contact for a user of the packaging; and a tear stop at the second end of the tear-away region, the tear stop acting to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the tear-away region being completely separated from the remainder of the packaging; wherein the tear-away region is triangular in shape formed in part by the upper edge sloping from the interaction point to the tear stop; and
a sealing arrangement comprising a first sealing member provided on an interior surface of the first side wall of the packaging and a second sealing member provided on an interior surface of the second side wall of the packaging, the first and second sealing members being operable to provide a user-sealable seal between the first and second side walls of the packaging, proximal to the tear-away region;
wherein at least a portion of the first and/or second side walls of the packaging comprise a material having a textured surface profile on the interior and/or an exterior surface thereof.