Patent ID: 7757467

Claim:
A cassette for use in dispensing flexible tubing packed therein in layered form, the cassette comprising: a rigid body formed by a central tubular core open at top and bottom, a surrounding casing wall positioned to provide a space between said tubular core and said casing wall and a base wall joining a lower end of said surrounding casing wall to a lower end of said tubular core, a length of flexible tubing packed in a layered mass in said space to constitute a pack surrounding said tubular core, said length of flexible tubing being dispensed in individual lengths from the cassette so that each of said individual lengths of flexible tubing are sealable to form a series of individually wrapped packages, and a cap placed over a portion of said pack, said cassette comprising a malodor counteractant, wherein said malodor counteractant is found in a layer deposited on a feature of the cassette selected from the group consisting of: the central tubular core, the casing wall, the base wall, the cap, the space between said tubular core and surrounding casing wall, and any combination thereof, and wherein said malodor counteractant is in an amount sufficient to counteract malodor for all of said individual lengths of said flexible tubing enclosed within the cassette.