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

Claim 13:
14. Packaging housing an intermittent catheter, the packaging comprising:
first and second side walls sealed or otherwise secured around a periphery thereof;
an upper edge, a lower edge opposite the upper edge, a straight edge extending from the upper edge to the lower edge, and a curved edge opposite the straight edge and extending and curving from the upper edge to the lower edge;
a triangular tear-away region defined proximal to an upper edge of the packaging, the tear-away region defined at least by the upper edge, at least a portion of a first major edge, and_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; and
a sealing arrangement comprising a first sealing member provided on the interior surface of the first side wall of the packaging and a second sealing member provided on the 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 at or proximal to the open upper end of the packaging.