Patent ID: 7516845

Claim:
A method for extracting a medical device from a medical device package, the method comprising: providing a medical device package with a medical device contained therein and a connector, the medical device package including: a body with at least one chamber defined therein, a proximal end, and a distal end; and at least one frangible deformable projection within the at least one chamber, wherein the at least one frangible deformable projection is configured to deform resiliently upon contact with a medical device during insertion of the medical device at least partially within the chamber and, thereby, removably retain the medical device at least partially within the chamber in a predetermined extractable orientation and position; inserting at least a portion of a connector into the chamber; engaging the medical device with the connector such that the frangible deformable projection is broken; and extracting the engaged medical device from the chamber of the medical device package with the connector.