WO2015134063A1 - Emballage pour dispositif médical - Google Patents

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WO2015134063A1
WO2015134063A1 PCT/US2014/054397 US2014054397W WO2015134063A1 WO 2015134063 A1 WO2015134063 A1 WO 2015134063A1 US 2014054397 W US2014054397 W US 2014054397W WO 2015134063 A1 WO2015134063 A1 WO 2015134063A1
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pocket
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package
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Stephen Nash
David Clarke
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Medtronic Vascular Inc.
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Priority claimed from US29/484,142 external-priority patent/USD724938S1/en
Priority claimed from US29/484,143 external-priority patent/USD732383S1/en
Priority claimed from US29/484,145 external-priority patent/USD724427S1/en
Application filed by Medtronic Vascular Inc. filed Critical Medtronic Vascular Inc.
Priority to JP2016573641A priority Critical patent/JP6630294B2/ja
Priority to EP14776768.5A priority patent/EP3188971B1/fr
Priority to CN201480076795.2A priority patent/CN106103292B/zh
Publication of WO2015134063A1 publication Critical patent/WO2015134063A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/20—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/2014—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape
    • B65D5/2033—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape polygonal having more than four sides, e.g. hexagonal, octogonal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4208—Means facilitating suspending, lifting, handling, or the like of containers

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  • Embodiments hereof relate to a package for a medical device, and in particular, to a package including a corner pocket for ease of removal of the package from a shelf.
  • Packages such as packages for medicals devices, are often stacked side-by-side or on top of each other on shelving units or other storage units. In order to maximize space, the height between shelves is often approximately the same size as the height of the packages. Further, packages are often tightly packed or bunched next to each other to maximize the number of packages that can be stored per unit length of the shelving unit. With packages tightty packed on shelving units, it can be difficult to remove a particular package from the group.
  • a package it would be desirable for a package to include a feature which allows a selected package to be easily removed from among packages crowded onto a shelving unit.
  • Embodiments hereof are related to a package including a box having an interior volume and a first pocket disposed at a first corner of the box.
  • the first pocket includes a lip configured for a finger of a user to be inserted therein for removal of the package from a storage unit.
  • the box may be defined by a first panel, second panel opposite the first panel such that an interior surface of the first panel faces an interior surface of the second panel, and a top edge panel, a bottom edge panel, a front edge panel, and a rear edge panel each extends between the first panel and the second panel.
  • the first pocket may be defined by a first surface extending from the top edge panel to the front edge panel, the interior surface of the first panel, the interior surface of the second panel, and the interior surface of the front
  • the first lip of the first pocket may be formed by the first surface contacting the front edge panel at a first location remote from a first edge of the front edge panel closest to the top edge panel, thereby forming the first lip on the front edge panel between the first edge of the front edge panel and the first location.
  • the package may also include a second pocket disposed at a second corner of the box.
  • Embodiments hereof are also related to a single blank sheet of material for making a package.
  • the sheet includes a first panel and a second panel coupled to each other by a bottom edge panel, a fold line disposed between the first panel and the bottom edge panel and another second fold line disposed between the bottom edge panel and the second panel.
  • a top edge panel is coupled to the first edge panel along another fold line.
  • a rear edge panel is coupled to the first panel along another fold line.
  • a front edge panel coupled to the first panel along another fold line.
  • A. first pocket panel is coupled to the front edge panel along another fold line and to the first panel along another fold line.
  • the sheet is configured to fold along the fold lines such that an interior surface of the first panel faces an interior surface of the second panel the front edge panel, the top edge panel the rear edge panel and the front edge panel each extends between the first panel and the second panel, and the first pocket panel folds between the interior surface of the first panel and the interior surface of the second panel to form a first pocket with a first lip defined by a portion of the front edge panel adjacent the top edge panel.
  • the sheet may also include a second pocket panel coupled to the bottom edge panel the first panel, and the second panel along corresponding fold lines such that when the sheet folds along the fold lines, the second pocket panel folds between the interior surface of the first panel and the interior surface of the second panel to form a second pocket with a second lip defined by a portion of the front edge panel adjacent the bottom edge panel.
  • the sheet may also include tabs coupled to the top edge panel, rear edge panel, and the font edge panel along corresponding fold lines such that when the sheet is folded along the fold lines, the tabs extend along the interior surface of the second panel.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a package according to an embodiment hereof.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a corner pocket of the package of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the corner pocket of FIG. 2 from a different perspective.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of another corner pocket of the package of FIG. 1 .
  • FIGS. 5 is a view of the corner pocket of FIG. 4 from a different perspective.
  • FIG. 6 shows a blank sheet of laminar material, such as cardboard, used to make the package of FIGS. 1-5.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a step of forming the corner pocket of FIG. 3
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of another step of forming the corner pocket of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of another step of forming the comer pocket of FIG.
  • FIG. 10 is an illustration of the package of FIG. 1 adjacent conventional packages.
  • FIGS. 11-13 show accessing and removing from a shelving unit the package of FIG, 1 with only a single pocket
  • FIGS. 14-15 show accessing and removing from a shelvmg unit the package of FIG. 1 with only a single pocket with the packages on the shelving unit stacked horizontally.
  • FIGS. 1-10 shows an embodiment of a container or carton or package 100 according to an embodiment hereof.
  • Package 100 may be made of any material suitable for packaging products such as medical devices.
  • package 100 may be made from solid bleach sulfate carton, cardboard, and other similar materials.
  • Package 100 as shown in FIG. 1 is generally shaped as a box with an interior volume and includes a first corner pocket 120 and a second comer pocket 140.
  • First and second corner pockets 120, 140 are finger pockets by which a user may easily remove package 100 from a shelf or other storage unit.
  • two (2) comer pockets are shown and described herein, it is recognized that a package with only a single corner pocket, or more than two (2) corner pockets, may be utilized.
  • Package 100 includes a first or left panel 102, a second or right panel 104, a front edge panel 106, a rear edge panel 108, a top edge panel 110, and a bottom edge panel 112.
  • directional descriptions such as “left”, “right”, “front”, “rear”, “top”, and “bottom” have been used to describe the panels of package 100, these descriptions are merely used for reference to describe package 100 as it may be placed on a shelf with front edge panel 106 facing outwardly and a user facing front edge panel 106, However, these directional descriptions do not limit package 100 as it may be oriented in other directions in space.
  • First corner pocket 120 is formed as a chamfered corner between front edge panel 106 and top edge panel 110.
  • First corner pocket 120 is not merely a chamfered corner, as it includes a depth to form a pocket.
  • first corner pocket 120 includes a lip 122, a first side surface 124, a second side surface 126, and an angled surface 128.
  • Lip 122 is formed by angled surface 128 contacting front edge panel 106 at a location remote from a top edge 123 of front edge panel 106.
  • second corner pocket 140 is formed as a chamfered corner between front edge panel 106 and bottom edge panel 1 12. As with first comer pocket 120, second comer pocket 140 has a depth to form a pocket. As can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 4-5, second corner pocket 140 includes a lip 142, a first side surface 144, a second side surface 146, and an angled surface 148. Lip 142 is formed by angled surface 148 contacting front edge panel 106 at a location remote from a bottom edge 143 of f ont edge panel 106.
  • FIG. 6 shows a blank sheet of laminar material 180, such as solid bleach sulfate carton, cardboard, and other similar materials, used to make the package of FIGS. 1-5.
  • FIG. 6 shows the panels and surfaces described above with respect to FIGS. 1-5 and fold lines where blank sheet of material 180 is folded as described below to form package 100.
  • left panel 102 and right panel 104 as shown in FIG. 6 are considered the outer or exterior surfaces thereof.
  • the directions of the folds in the description below are such that the surfaces shown in FIG. 6 are outer or exterior surfaces of package 100.
  • the folds can equally be in the opposite direction such that the surfaces shown in FIG. 6 are inner or interior surfaces of package 100.
  • sheet 180 is folded approximately 90 degrees along fold line 1 13 between left panel 102 and bottom edge panel 112 such that left panel 102 and bottom edge panel 1 12 are approximately perpendicular to each other.
  • Sheet 180 is also folded approximately 90 degrees along fold line 115 between bottom edge panel 112 and right panel 104 such that bottom edge panel 112 and right panel 104 are approximately perpendicular to each other.
  • Folding sheet 180 along fold lines 113 and 115 as described above causes an inner surface of l eft panel 102 to face an inner surface of right panel 104, separated from each other by approximately the width of bottom edge surface 112.
  • approximately 90 degrees as used herein means approximately 90 degrees such that the panels described herein form the general shape of a box and allows for minor variations from 90 degrees provided that the package formed from folding sheet 180 forms such a box.
  • Sheet 180 is also folded approximately 90 degrees along a fold line 107 between left panel 102 and rear edge panel 108 such the rear edge panel 108 extends from left panel 102 towards right panel 104.
  • Sheet 180 is also folded along a fold line 105 between rear edge panel 108 and a tab 118.
  • tab 118 is tucked inside a rear edge 172 of right panel 104 such that tab 118 extends along the inner surface of ri ght panel 104 between a corner tab 174 and a corner tab 176.
  • sheet 180 is also folded approximately 90 degrees along a fold line 109 between left panel 102 and top edge panel 1 10 such the top edge panel 1 10 extends from left panel 102 towards right panel 104.
  • Sheet 180 is also folded along a fold line 1 1 1 between top edge panel 1 10 and a tab 1 16.
  • tab 1 16 is tucked inside a top edge 1 17 of right panel 104 such that tab 1 1 6 extends along the inner surface of right panel 104 between a corner 176 and first pocket 120 associated with a fold line 136.
  • Tab 1 16 is attached to the interior surface of right panel 104.
  • Tab 1 16 may be adhesively attached to the interior surface of right panel 104 or attached in other ways.
  • the adhesive used to adhesively attach tab 1 16 to the interior surface of right panel 104 may be any adhesive.
  • adhesive product number 2171 or 2174 available from The Adhesive Products Inc. may be utilized .
  • Sheet 180 is also folded approximately 90 degrees along a fold line 103 between left panel 102 and front edge panel 106 such front edge panel 106 extends from left panel 102 towards right panel 104.
  • Sheet 1 80 is also folded along a fold line 101 between front edge panel 106 and a tab 1 14.
  • tab 1 14 is tucked inside a front edge 178 of right panel 104 such that tab 1 14 extends along the inner surface of right panel 104 between first pocket 120 associated with a fold line 136 and second pocket 140 associated with a fold line 156.
  • pockets 120 and 140 are formed as sheet 1 80 is folded as described above, and as described in more detail below.
  • FIGS. 7-9 shows pocket 140 being formed.
  • pocket 140 is being shown, pocket 120 is formed in a similar manner.
  • a tab 152 is pulled out of plane with bottom edge panel 1 12 and bent along a fold line 156 to form angled surface 148 extending at an angle a relative to bottom edge panel 112.
  • Angle a may be in the range of 30 to 60 degrees as defined in FIG. 8.
  • Sheet 180 also folds along a fold line 147 between second side surface 146 and front panel 102 and along a fold line 149 between first side surface 144 and rear panel 104.
  • tab 152 is pushed towards an interior volume of package 100 such that second pocket 140 folds along a fold line 154 between second side surface 146 and angled surface 148 such that second side surface 146 is pushed against the inner surface of left panel 102.
  • second pocket 140 folds along a fold line 150 between first side surface 144 and angled surface 148 such that first side surface 144 is pushed against the inner surface of right panel 104.
  • Tab 152 may be folded along fold line 158 to extend towards first pocket 120 along the inside surface of front edge panel 106.
  • tab 152 may be folded in the opposite direction along fold line 158 to create a double-thickness with front edge panel 106 for at least a portion of the front edge of second pocket 140 at lip 142.
  • First pocket 120 is formed in a similar way as described above with respect to second pocket 140. Accordingly, sheet 1 80 as shown in FIG. 6 includes a fold line 136 between top edge panel 1 10 and angled surface 128, a fold line 127 between first side surface 124 of first pocket 120 and tab 1 16, a fold line 129 between second side surface 126 and front panel 102, a fold line 130 between angled surface 128 and first side surface 124, a fold line 134 between angled surface 128 and second side surface 126, and a fold line 138 between angled surface 148 and tab 132.
  • front edge panel 106 is folded along fold line 103 such that front edge panel 106 extends towards right panel 104 and tab 1 14 is tucked inside front edge 178 of right panel 104.
  • a portion of tab 1 14 adjacent first pocket 120 is tucked between a portion of first side surface 124 of pocket 120 and the inner surface of right panel 104.
  • a portion of tab 1 14 adjacent second pocket 140 is tucked between a portion of first side surface 144 of second pocket 140 and the inner surface of right panel 104.
  • FIG. 10 shows two packages 100 adjacent conventional packages.
  • FIG. 1 1 shows a package 100 with a single pocket 120 instead of two pockets, and located on a shelf adjacent to conventional packages.
  • FIG. 1 1 it can be difficult to remove a conventional package from a packed or full shelf because it is difficult to access a surface to grab or upon which to pull.
  • the large panels of the conventional packages i.e., left and right panels
  • the top and bottom panels are blocked by the shelf.
  • a package according to the present application allows a user to insert a finger into pocket 120 and slide or tilt package 100 out of the shelving unit, as shown in FIGS. 12-13.
  • FIGS. 14-15 a user can access pocket 120 to easily remove package 100 from the shelf.

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L'invention concerne un emballage (100) comprenant un boîtier présentant un volume intérieur et une première poche (120) disposé au niveau d'un premier angle de la boîte. La première poche (20) comprend une lèvre (122) conçue pour permettre l'insertion d'un doigt d'un utilisateur pour le retrait de l'emballage (100) à partir d'une unité de stockage.
PCT/US2014/054397 2014-03-06 2014-09-05 Emballage pour dispositif médical WO2015134063A1 (fr)

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JP2016573641A JP6630294B2 (ja) 2014-03-06 2014-09-05 医療器具用のパッケージ
EP14776768.5A EP3188971B1 (fr) 2014-03-06 2014-09-05 Emballage pour dispositif médical
CN201480076795.2A CN106103292B (zh) 2014-03-06 2014-09-05 用于医疗装置的包装件

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US29/484,142 USD724938S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2014-03-06 Package for a medical device
US29/484,143 USD732383S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2014-03-06 Package for a medical device
US29/484,142 2014-03-06
US29/484,143 2014-03-06
US29/484,145 USD724427S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2014-03-06 Package for a medical device
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CN106103292A (zh) 2016-11-09
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