Patent ID: 6578348
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61B,B65D

Abstract:
A packaging element for containing an item to be sterilized, comprising in combination:a front panel having an inside surface and an outside surface; a back panel having an inside surface and an outside surface attached to said front panel, with the inside surfaces of said front and back panels in facing relationship to form a pouch having a bottom, two sides and a top wherein said pouch is closed along its bottom and at least one side and open at its top; instructional information printed onto the inside surface of said front panel at locations thereon which are exposed when said pouch is folded as follows: (a) form a border portion which surrounds and overlays the outside surfaces of said front and back panels, a first edge of said border portion defining an opening in said pouch and having a width between two spaced-apart first edge corners and a second opposing edge of the border portion having a width between two second edge corners and being spaced apart from the first edge by a width of the border portion; (b) reduce the size of the first edge by between approximately 50 to 80 percent by folding the first edge corners inward onto the border portion; (c) fold the border portion and pouch-forming front and back panels over the first edge corners toward said front panel so that the reduced first edge extends beyond the second edge; and (d) tuck the reduced first edge of the border portion under the second edge of the border portion between the border portion and the outside surface of said front panel.