Patent ID: 8851286

Claim:
A dual sterilization containment vessel for biologically derived medical components comprising: a hollow element having a wall, a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween, said lumen configured and adapted to contain a biologically derived medical component and at least a portion of an apparatus configured and adapted to implant the biologically derived medical component in a living body; a distal end cap; a proximal end cap; and a radiopaque sleeve, wherein the proximal end cap has a secondary proximal end cap and ferrule sized and adapted to and capable of reversibly sealing the proximal end cap to a delivery catheter passing therethrough, further wherein the combination of the hollow element, the distal end cap, the proximal end cap, the secondary proximal end cap, the ferrule, and the delivery catheter form a fluid tight system providing a continuous fluid connection between the interior of the hollow element and the lumen of the delivery catheter.