Patent ID: 8006839
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A container system configured for containment of a sterile medical device component, the container system comprising: an outer shell having a shell floor and an outer shell wall extending from said shell floor, said outer shell wall having a rim portion defining an opening in said outer shell, said rim portion having an outwardly extending flange and a first internal securement surface; a support tray having a support floor and a support tray wall extending from said support floor, said support floor having an upwardly projecting, first centrally positioned projection, said first centrally positioned projection having a top from which a sidewall downwardly extends, said sidewall having an exterior surface facing said support tray wall and an interior surface opposite said exterior surface, said sidewall including a resiliently deformable sidewall portion protruding from said exterior surface, said interior surface of said sidewall defining an interior space, said interior space interior of and disposed within said first centrally positioned projection, said interior space, said shell floor, and said outer shell wall cooperating to define a first cavity, said support floor and said support tray wall cooperating to define a second cavity, said support tray wall having a first resiliently deformable portion defining a second internal securement surface, said support tray sized for receipt within said first cavity, wherein, with said support tray received within said first cavity, said first resiliently deformable portion interacts with said first internal securement surface to secure said support tray to said outer shell and suspend said support floor of said support tray within said first cavity at a distance spaced from said shell floor of said outer shell; and a retention tray having a tray floor and a retention tray wall extending from said tray floor, said tray floor including an upwardly projecting, second centrally positioned projection having a top sized to receive and abut said top of said first centrally positioned projection of said support tray and a notch sized to receive said resiliently deformable sidewall portion of said first centrally positioned post of said support tray, said retention tray wall defining a second resiliently deformable portion, said retention tray sized for receipt within said second cavity, wherein, with said retention tray received within said second cavity, said second resiliently deformable portion interacts with said second internal securement surface to secure said retention tray to said support tray and said outer shell; wherein said second internal securement surface extends intermittently along said support tray wall, wherein, with said support tray positioned within said first cavity, a first vertically-facing recess is defined between said outer shell wall and said support tray wall; wherein said second resiliently deformable portion extends intermittently along said retention tray wall, wherein, with said retention tray positioned within said second cavity, a second vertically-facing recess is defined between said support tray wall and said retention tray wall; and said first recess disposed directly adjacent said second recess on an opposite side of said support tray wall, said first recess cooperating with said second recess to permit at least one of the removal of air from the container system and the insertion of inert gas into the container system.