Patent ID: 6994213
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: A61B,A61M,B65D

Abstract:
1. A blister package comprising: a blood collection set with a push button and push button actuated needle safety shield mechanism, said blood collection set having a width and a height; and a tray unitarily molded from a plastic material and having a bottom wall, a sidewall enclosure extending upwardly from said bottom wall a distance greater than said height of said blood collection set, a peripheral flange extending outwardly from portions of said sidewall enclosure remote from said bottom wall, first and second gripping towers projecting upwardly from said bottom wall at locations spaced from said sidewall enclosure, each said gripping tower having a top wall spaced from said bottom wall a distance greater than said height of said blood collection set, said gripping towers having opposed facing gripping walls spaced from one another by distances no greater than said width of said blood collection set such that said gripping towers grip said blood collection set inserted between said gripping towers, said gripping towers and a cover secured to said peripheral flange and covering said blood collection set, being sufficiently high for preventing inadvertent actuation of said push button from outside said package.