Patent ID: 8079473

Claim:
A packaged medical device comprising: a medical device comprising a flexible linear portion and a three-dimensionally configured part, the distal end portion of the flexible linear portion being connected to the three-dimensionally configured part, the three-dimensionally configured part being enlarged relative to the distal end portion of the flexible linear portion; an elongated sheet member on which the medical device is held, the sheet member possessing a proximal end and a distal end, the sheet member comprising a slit passing through the sheet member and a holding portion possessing a distal end portion, a first part of the holding portion underlying the three-dimensionally configured part and a second part of the holding portion overlying the three-dimensionally configured part so that the three-dimensionally configured part is covered by the holding portion; the distal end portion of the holding portion extending through the slit in the sheet member and being folded back toward the distal end of the sheet member in a direction opposite a direction in which the medical device is pulled to remove the medical device from the holder; and the sheet member and the medical device held on the sheet member being sealed within a package.