IP Library Granted Patent US 10,299,877
Granted Patent B2
US 10,299,877 · App. 15/460,097 · Granted May 28, 2019

Package for medical device

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Patent No.
US 10,299,877
App. No.
15/460,097
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package including at least one bumper having an elliptical shape that extends from a first end to a second end along a first plane and having a protrusion that extends from a first front along a second plane; and a first tray having a first cavity that extends from a second front along the second plane, wherein the first cavity includes at least one groove configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one bumper is disclosed.

Claims (24)

1. A package comprising:

at least one bumper having an elliptical shape defined by an external edge, the elliptical shape extending from a first end to a second end along a first plane, and having a protrusion that extends from a first front along a second plane; and

a first tray having a first cavity that extends from a second front along the second plane,

wherein the first cavity includes at least one groove configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one bumper, the at least one groove occupying less than an entirety of the first cavity, and

wherein the at least one groove is configured and dimensioned to receive only a portion of the external edge of the at least one bumper when the at least one bumper is operatively disposed in the first cavity.

2. The package of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bumper is at least two bumpers.

3. The package of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of the at least one bumper includes sides that define a hollow.

4. The package of claim 3 , wherein the hollow is in the shape of an hour glass.

5. The package of claim 1 , wherein each of the first end and the second end are configured and dimensioned to engage with the at least one groove of the first tray.

6. The package of claim 1 , wherein each of the first end and the second end are tapered.

7. The package of claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove is at least two grooves.

8. The package of claim 7 , wherein the first cavity includes two grooves, wherein one bumper of the at least one bumper is inserted into one of the two grooves in a first direction, and wherein another bumper of the at least one bumper is inserted into the other of the two grooves in the first direction.

9. The package of claim 7 , wherein the first cavity includes two grooves, wherein one bumper of the at least one bumper is inserted into one of the two grooves in a first direction, and wherein another bumper of the at least one bumper is inserted into the other of the two grooves in a second direction.

10. The package of claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove includes at least one notch.

11. The package of claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove is recessed from at least one of a first side, a second side, and a third side of the first cavity.

12. The package of claim 1 , wherein the at least one groove is recessed from a first side and a second side of the first cavity.

13. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first cavity is configured and dimensioned to receive a medical device.

14. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first cavity includes one groove, wherein the at least one bumper is inserted into the one groove in a first direction, and wherein the at least one bumper alters an interior dimension of the first cavity.

15. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first cavity includes one groove, wherein the at least one bumper is inserted into the one groove in a second direction.

16. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a second tray having a second cavity that extends from a third front along the second plane.

17. The package of claim 16 , wherein the second cavity is configured and dimensioned to receive the first cavity.

18. The package of claim 17 , wherein the first cavity of the first tray is inserted into the second cavity of the second tray.

19. The package of claim 17 , wherein the at least one bumper is inserted into the at least one groove of the first cavity of the first tray.

20. The package of claim 19 , wherein a medical device is inserted into the first cavity of the first tray.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC; STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS HOLDINGS LLC; STRYKER CORPORATION; STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED; HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
To: VB SPINE US OPCO LLC
Reel/Frame 073031/0754 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2025
From: STRYKER CORPORATION
To: VB SPINE US OPCO LLC
Reel/Frame 072926/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2025
From: K2M, INC.
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071271/0170 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2017
From: VOLK, STEPHANIE; FROMAN, PATRICK
To: K2M, INC.
Reel/Frame 041809/0442 →