Patent ID: 8166731

Claim:
A method of packaging a gas delivery device comprising: (a) providing a gas delivery device for supplying one or more predetermined gases to a target environment, the device comprising a reservoir, a gas diffusion portion for communicating gas from the reservoir and one or more predetermined gases at concentrations greater than atmospheric contained within the reservoir, wherein the device does not generate gas; (b) prior to supplying the gases to a target environment, placing the gas delivery device into a package, the package remote from the target environment, wherein the package is substantially gas-impermeable when sealed, and wherein the package includes a self sealing material; (c) pressurizing the package with the one or more predetermined gases immediately prior to or substantially concurrently with the sealing of the package, wherein the one or more predetermined gases are exchanged between the reservoir and the package; and (d) opening the package, removing the gas delivery device from the package and applying it to the target environment.