Patent ID: 7837035

Claim:
Disposable packaging device ( 1 ) including: a medical article ( 100 ) adapted to be used in conjunction with a medical machine ( 200 ), the medical article ( 100 ) including mounting means ( 101 ) adapted to be engaged with mounting means ( 201 ) of the machine ( 200 ); a wall ( 2 ) accommodating said medical article ( 100 ); a passage opening ( 20 ) defined in the wall ( 2 ), said passage opening having a closed perimeter, said passage opening being located and having a configuration such that the mounting means ( 101 ) of the packaged medical article can be engaged, through the passage opening ( 20 ), with the mounting means of the machine ( 201 ) while the medical article ( 100 ) is still packaged in the wall ( 2 ) of the disposable packaging device ( 1 ); and a preferential rupture zone ( 30 ) provided on the wall ( 2 ) to allow predetermined rupture of the wall ( 2 ) and being effective to guide predetermined rupture of the wall ( 2 ) up to and through the closed perimeter of the passage opening.