Patent ID: 11969573
Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 17:
18. A medical device package comprising:
a nest in which are held plural upstanding medical devices each of which is to be filled with medicine, each of the plural medical devices having an open upper end and a closed bottom end;
a medical device container main body that includes an accommodation space in which is positioned the nest and the plural upstanding medical devices, the accommodation space of the medical device container main body being surrounded by a bottom of the medical device container main body and by an upstanding side wall of the medical device container main body that extends upwardly away from the bottom of the medical device container main body, the medical device container main body Including an opening at one end of the medical device container main body that communicates with the accommodation space of the medical device container main body to permit the nest and the medical devices to be introduced into the accommodation space of the medical device container main body and to be removed from the accommodation space of the medical device container main body;
a sheet-shaped first seal covering the opening at the one end of the medical device container main body to seal the medical device container main body, the sheet-shaped first seal including a surface facing the accommodation space of the medical device container main body and an opposite surface facing away from the accommodation space of the medical device container main body, the sheet-shaped first seal being removable to uncover the open upper end of the medical device container main body and permit the nest and the medical devices to be removed from the accommodation space of the medical device container main body;
a storage container main body that includes an accommodation space in which is positioned the medical device container main body in a sterile state sterilized by sterilization gas, the accommodation space of the storage container main body being surrounded by a support portion of the storage container main body and an upstanding peripheral wall portion of the storage container main body that extends upwardly away from the support portion of the storage container main body, the storage container main body including an opening at one end of the storage container main body to permit the medical device container main body to be introduced into the accommodation space of the storage container main body and to be removed from the accommodation space of the storage container main body, the storage container main body being made of a material possessing a shape-retaining property so that the storage container main body neither wrinkles nor changes in shape to facilitate removal of the medical device container main from the accommodation space of the storage container main body;
a sheet-shaped second seal covering the opening in the storage container main body to seal the storage container main body, the sheet-shaped second seal including a surface facing towards the medical device container main body, the surface of the sheet-shaped second seal being spaced from the sheet-shaped first seal and being spaced from the medical device container main body, the sheet-shaped second seal being removable from the storage container main body to uncover the opening in the storage container main body and permit the medical device container main body to be removed from the accommodation space of the storage container main body;
the sheet-shaped second seal having an antibacterial property and being air permeable by way of which the medical device container main body positioned in the storage container main body is sterilized by the sterilization gas; and
protrusions and recesses, the protrusions being positioned on either the support portion of the storage container main body or the bottom of the medical device container main body, and the recesses being positioned on either the support portion of the storage container main body or the bottom of the medical device container main body, the protrusions being positioned in the recesses to position the medical device container main body at a predetermined position in the storage container main body, each of the recesses possessing a shape, the shape of at least one of the recesses being different from the shape of others of the recesses.