Holding device for use with catheter packaging
View Patent ↗A packaging system for an elongate medical device includes a sheet of material which defines a generally planar surface for receiving the elongated medical device thereon. A plurality of butterfly tabs are adhesively attached to the planar surface at selected locations to retain the medical device in position. The butterfly tabs eliminate weaving of catheters onto mounting cards having tabs punched therethrough. The butterfly tabs preferably include at least two adhesive-coated wing portions connected by a linking portion that overlies the medical device and is preferably free of adhesive.
1. A combined elongate medical device and package comprising:
a mounting card defining a generally planar surface;
an elongate medical device overlying a portion of the generally planar surface of the mounting card; and
a plurality of butterfly tabs, each including at least two winged portions having an adhesive coated on at least a portion thereof adhered at selected locations on the generally planar surface of the mounting card and extending over the elongate medical device to retain the medical device in position on the generally planar surface, wherein each butterfly tab includes a linking portion connecting the winged portions, wherein the linking portion is designed to yield to an applied force; and wherein the linking portion possesses a preferential tear line.
2. The combined elongate medical device and package of claim 1 , wherein the linking portion does not have an adhesive coating.
3. The combined elongate medical device and package of claim 1 , wherein the linking portion has a central narrowed width portion which provides a weakened area for tearing.
4. The combined elongate medical device and package of claim 1 , wherein the linking portion has a broad central portion and narrow end portions near the adhesive-coated winged portions.
5. The combined elongate medical device and package of claim 1 , wherein the butterfly tabs include at least one butterfly tab having at least four adhesive-coated winged portions connected by at least two linking portions.
6. A method for packaging elongate medical devices comprising the steps of:
providing a mounting card defining a generally planar surface;
providing an elongated medical device;
positioning the elongate medical device on a portion of the planar surface of the mounting card;
providing a plurality of butterfly tabs, the tabs having a surface including an adhesive coated on at least a portion thereof and a linking portion designed to yield to an applied force; wherein the linking portion possesses a preferential tear line; and
adhering the plurality of butterfly tabs at selected locations on the planar surface of the mounting card such that the butterfly tabs overlay the elongated medical device at the selected locations and retain the elongated medical device in position on the generally planar surface.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the mounting card includes a tab formed through the planar surface and the elongated medical device includes a hub portion wherein the elongated medical device is positioned such that the tab retains the hub portion in position prior to adhering the plurality of butterfly tabs.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the step of positioning the mounted elongate medical device and mounting card in a polymeric package.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of sterilizing the packaged elongate medical device as mounted on the mounting card and placed in the polymeric package.
10. The packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the linking portion does not have an adhesive coating.