IP Library Granted Patent US 12708472
Granted Patent B2
US 12708472 · App. 18/856,155 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Sterile packaging with integrated damping

Inventors: Wolfgang Sauter (Renquishausen, DE); Florian Etzel (Winnenden, DE)
Assignee: Aesculap AG
A61B50/30A61B2050/0056A61B2050/0066
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Patent No.
US 12708472
App. No.
18/856,155
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medicinal sterile packaging for packaging a medicinal product includes a first sterile barrier designed to receive the medicinal product in a heat-sealed/sealed manner. A second sterile barrier forms a receiving space for receiving the first sterile barrier in a heat-sealed/sealed manner. An outer protective packaging receives the first sterile barrier and the second sterile barrier. The second sterile barrier is a film that forms at least two air pockets separated from one another in the film by a predefined fold-over or folding edge. When the film is folded over along the fold-over or folding edge, the two air pockets come to lie one on top of the other in alignment, such that the receiving space can be produced between them.

Claims (50)

1 . A sterile medical packaging for packaging a medical product, the sterile medical packaging comprising:

a first sterile barrier;

a second sterile barrier; and

an outer protective packaging,

the first sterile barrier configured to receive the medical product in a sealed manner,

the second sterile barrier configured to form a receiving space for receiving the first sterile barrier in a sealed manner,

the outer protective packaging configured to receive the first sterile barrier and the second sterile barrier,

the second sterile barrier consisting of a double membrane forming exactly two air pockets,

the exactly two air pockets being separated from each other by a predefined folding edge in the double membrane,

the double membrane being foldable into a folded-down state along the predefined folding edge, and

the exactly two air pockets being aligned with each other in the folded-down state such that the receiving space is created between the exactly two air pockets.

2 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 1 , wherein:

the double membrane comprises an inner membrane and an outer membrane,

the outer membrane bulges out concavely, and

the inner membrane is planar.

3 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 2 , wherein the predefined folding edge connects the inner membrane and the outer membrane.

4 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 3 , wherein the predefined folding edge comprises a point-shaped or line-shaped weld seam.

5 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 2 , wherein the outer membrane is made of a rigid material and the inner membrane is elastic.

6 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 2 , wherein:

the inner membrane comprises at least two inner membrane sections,

the at least two inner membrane sections are aligned adjacent to each other in proximity to the exactly two air pockets in the folded-down state, and

the receiving space is positioned between the at least two inner membrane sections.

7 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving space is formable by plastic or elastic deformation of the at least two inner membrane sections.

8 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two inner membrane sections lie flat in sections against each other in the folded-down state.

9 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first sterile barrier comprises two films, and

the first sterile barrier is configured to seal the medical product between the two films to limit movement of the medical product relative to the two films.

10 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 1 , wherein:

the sterile medical packaging comprises a first sealing, a second sealing, a third sealing, a fourth sealing, a fifth sealing, and a sixth sealing,

the first sealing and the second sealing seal the first sterile barrier,

the third sealing, the fourth sealing and the fifth sealing each seal the double membrane next to the exactly two air pockets, and

the sixth sealing seals the exactly two air pockets.

11 . A system comprising:

the sterile medical packaging according to claim 1 ; and

a medical product that is packaged in a sterile manner in the sterile medical packaging,

the exactly two air pockets being folded down around the medical product such that a planar membrane of the double membrane faces toward the medical product and the receiving space is configured in the planar membrane.

12 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the planar membrane extends beyond the medical product, and the receiving space completely encloses the medical product.

13 . A sterile medical packaging for packaging a medical product, the sterile medical packaging comprising:

a first sterile barrier configured to receive the medical product in a sealed manner;

a second sterile barrier extending from a first side edge to a second side edge and comprising an inner membrane and an outer membrane, wherein the inner membrane and the outer membrane are secured together to define:

a first region adjacent to the first side edge and having a first pocket between the outer membrane and the inner membrane,

a second region secured to the first region by a first folding edge where the inner membrane is secured to the outer membrane by a first weld seam, the second region having a second pocket between the outer membrane and the inner membrane, and

a third region adjacent to the second side edge and secured to the second region by a second folding edge where the inner membrane is secured to the outer membrane by a second weld seam, the third region having a third pocket between the outer membrane and the inner membrane,

wherein one of the first pocket, the second pocket and the third pocket is configured to receive the first sterile barrier in a sealed manner,

wherein the first region, the second region and the third region are movable from a flat state in which the first region, the second region and the third region are aligned in a row along a plane with the first folding edge and the second folding edge located between the first side edge and the second side edge, and a folded state in which the first region, the second region and the third region are stacked in a direction perpendicular to the plane; and

an outer protective packaging configured to receive the first sterile barrier and the second sterile barrier.

14 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 13 , wherein the first pocket and the second pocket are each arranged on opposite sides of the third pocket, and the first sterile barrier is located in the third pocket.

15 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 13 , wherein the third pocket is configured to receive the first sterile barrier.

16 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 13 , wherein the first region and the second region are folded down the first folding edge and the second folding edge in such a way that the third pocket is surrounded, perpendicular to the plane, by the first pocket and the second pocket.

17 . The sterile medical packaging according to claim 13 , wherein the third pocket is configured to receive the first sterile barrier and the first weld seam is interrupted such that the first pocket is in fluid communication with the second pocket.