Patent ID: 6629602
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
A medical device package for containing a medical device, the package enabling sterilization of the medical device within the package and maintaining the medical device in a sterilized condition within the package, the package comprising:a tub having a four-sided base and being formed of a clear, ultraviolet light transmitting plastic capable of withstanding exposure to steam and ethyleneoxide sterilization environments without degradation of said tub, the tub having four walls intersecting the base and extending upwardly therefrom and terminating at a first outwardly extending flange which extends laterally from the four walls; the first outwardly extending flange terminating at four top walls that extend from the first outwardly extending flange at approximately ninety degrees and terminating at a second outwardly extending flange that extends from the four top walls at approximately ninety degrees; and a lid removably fastenable to the tub and including a gas permeable central portion framed in a border of plastic film and in sealing engagement with the second flange; and wherein the medical device is sealable within the tub by the lid and wherein the tub enables sterilization of the medical device sealingly contained within the tub by the combined transmission of ultra violet light through the tub and of disinfectant gas through the lid.