Patent ID: 6830149
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A01N,A61F

Abstract:
A container assembly for storing sterile allograft tissue implant forms in a sterile condition comprising:an outer container defining an open faced cavity and a flange extending outward from said cavity, a stepped recess formed in said flange surrounding said cavity; an inner container defining a base, walls integrally formed with said base, said wails defining an open faced cavity and a flange extending outward from said cavity, said inner container flange being of a dimension to fit into said stepped recess of said outer container, a one piece insert member sized to fit into said inner container cavity and removable from said inner cavity, said insert member defining a linear shaped structure therein to hold a tissue implant form adjacent said inner container base, said shaped structure defining a semicircular groove with shaped end portions which act as a retainer to seat a cylindrically shred tissue implantation form; a permeable cover sealed to the flange of the inner container covering said inner container cavity; and an outer cover sealed to the flange of the outer container covering said outer container cavity.