Packaging for medical devices

1. An envelope for housing a medical device, comprising:

a body including first and second panels connected to one another along a first edge thereof to define an interior space sized and shaped to house a medical device to be sealed within a packet;

a first opening arrangement including a perforation extending about the body along the first panel to define a break portion breakable from a remaining portion of the body to open the envelope; and

a second opening arrangement including a tab extending from a portion of the body such that pulling the tab in a direction away from the body opens the envelope, the tab created from a cut extending from the first panel and over the first edge to the second panel such that pulling the tab lifts the tab from the second panel while remaining attached to the first panel.

2. The envelope of claim 1 , further comprising a window extending through the first panel, wherein the window is covered by a transparent film extending thereacross and being sized and shaped to accommodate a tray portion of a packet to be housed within the envelope, wherein a first portion of the perforation extending along the first panel extends from the window to the first edge of the body.

3. The envelope of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the tab overlaps a portion of the window, the tab including a concave groove aiding grasping thereof.

4. The envelope of claim 1 , wherein the first opening arrangement extends across the first and second panels.

5. The envelope of claim 1 , further comprising a third opening arrangement including a perforation extending centrally into the body along one of the first and second panels to define a portion breakable by squeezing, the perforation including one of a single elongated slit extending into the body and a plurality of elongated slits intersecting one another.

6. The envelope of claim 5 , further comprising a label arrangeable to close the body across the perforation of the third opening arrangement.

7. The envelope of claim 2 , wherein the body includes a third panel connected to the first panel along a second edge thereof to define the interior space sized and shaped to house the medical device to be sealed within the packet.

8. The envelope of claim 7 , wherein a second portion of the perforation extending along the first panel extends from the window to the second edge of the body.

9. The envelope of claim 7 , wherein the tab extends from the first panel and is attached to the third panel.

10. An envelope for housing a medical device, comprising:

a body including first and second panels connected to one another along an edge thereof to define an interior space sized and shaped to house a medical device to be sealed within a packet;

a first opening arrangement including a tab extending from a portion of the body such that pulling the tab in a direction away from the body opens the envelope, the tab created from a cut extending from the first panel and over the first edge to the second panel such that pulling the tab lifts the tab from the second panel while remaining attached to the first panel; and

a second opening arrangement including a perforation extending centrally into the body along one of the first and second panels to define a portion breakable by squeezing.

11. An envelope for housing a medical device, comprising:

a body including first and second panels connected to one another along an edge thereof to define an interior space sized and shaped to house a medical device sealed within a packet;

an opening arrangement including a perforation extending centrally into the body along one of the first and second panels to define a portion breakable by squeezing; and

a label arrangeable to close the body across the perforation.