Packaging system with folded sidewalls
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Publication Number
US-12773291-B2
Publication Date
2026-10-27
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Abstract
A packaging system utilizing a thin, planar sheet of material that is folded to have a base and at least three sidewalls. At least one mounting feature is integrated into at least one sidewall to secure at least one medical device component, wherein the at least one medical device component is mountable onto the at least one sidewall.
Core Innovation
The packaging system comprises a thin, planar sheet folded into a base and at least three sidewalls, with mounting features securing separate medical device components. Disengaging a feature unfolds the packaging system into a display layout presenting components in a selected order. In this configuration, a mounted component remains on its mounting sidewall during deployment, and can constrain a second component onto the base in the final packaging configuration.
In the planar, unfolded configuration, the base is located centrally relative to every sidewall, presenting devices such as a negative pressure wound therapy unit and accessories. The folded packaging system also forms a constrained final configuration enclosed in a sterile barrier package, utilizing sidewalls, lips, and a top planar contact surface to facilitate stacking. Accessible packaging instructions are provided in the organized display layout.
Claims Coverage
The claims identify four inventive features across four independent claims, covering methods and packaging systems for deploying medical-device components, constraining components on a base, stacking packaging systems, and deploying a package with a central base.
Deploying a package with a mounted component
A thin, planar sheet is folded into a base and at least three sidewalls, with a mounting feature at least partially securing a component on a mounting sidewall. Deployment of an unfolding sidewall by disengaging a feature creates a display layout in which separate medical device components are arranged in a selected order, while the mounted component remains on the sidewall.
Constraining a component on the base
A first separate medical device component is at least partially secured by a mounting feature on a sidewall of the folded packaging system. In the final packaging configuration, the first component constrains a second separate medical device component onto the base, wherein disengaging a feature achieves a display layout with components arranged in a selected order.
Stacking folded medical-device packaging systems
At least two packaging systems formed from thin, planar sheets comprise constrained sidewalls, mounting features, and lips around at least a majority of the top border. A top planar contact surface over one packaging system contacts the bottom of another packaging system when the systems are stacked.
Deploying a package with a central base
A thin, planar sheet folded into a base and at least three sidewalls includes a mounting feature that at least partially secures a separate medical device component on a sidewall. Disengaging a feature deploys a sidewall to achieve a display layout with components arranged in a selected order, wherein the base is central to every sidewall in the planar, unfolded configuration.
The independent claims cover folded-sheet medical-device packages providing ordered presentation of components, component retention and constraint on a base, a central base configuration in the unfolded state, and stacking of constrained packaging systems.
Stated Advantages
Reduced packaging footprint.
Reduced packaging volume.
Reduced packaging waste.
Reduced assembly complexity.
Documented Applications
Packaging separate medical-device components for medical use in a folded-sheet packaging system deployed into an ordered display layout.
A negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) kit embodiment packaging a device configured to apply negative pressure to a wound along with separate attachable components of different shapes and sizes, presenting accessible packaging instructions in a sterile-field workflow.
Stacking at least two medical-device packaging systems in their final folded configurations.
Enclosing the folded packaging system in a sterile barrier package.
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