A packaging system and method for reducing or eliminating exposure of medical devices to whole-room disinfecting gases and vapors are disclosed. In some embodiments, the packaging system and method may comprise a diffusion inhibitor member configured as an open-ended bag. In some embodiments, the diffusion inhibitor member comprises polyethylene or polypropylene.

A medical packaging device, packaging system, method for producing a packaging device, and method for sterile packaging of a sieve basket with a packaging device. The packaging device defines a receiving space for accommodating a sieve basket in a packaging position, and an insertion opening for inserting a sieve basket into the receiving space. The insertion opening is open in an insertion position. The packaging device is made from a flat material sheet that is folded multiple times. The receiving space has two abutting receiving space flat material sheet surface regions. The regions are delimited by at least three fold lines of the flat material sheet such that the receiving space is closed on all sides except for the insertion opening. The packaging device includes an unfolding securing device for securing the packaging device in the insertion position against being completely unfolded back into the starting position.

A disposable coating applicator container for applying a coating of a therapeutic agent upon an object to be coated. The disposable coating applicator container includes a sealable container, the sealable container having a container bottom, the container bottom having upwardly extending walls, each upwardly extending wall terminating in an upper edge, and a closure for sealing a device compartment formed in part by the upwardly extending walls, the closure adjacent to the upper edges of the upwardly extending walls; and a therapeutic agent positioned in fluid communication with the device compartment, wherein the disposable coating applicator container comprises a flexible material and is in the form of a bag-like structure.

Single-use devices configured to sanitize accessible surfaces of luer access devices (e.g., needleless medical valves) at risk of contamination with infectious agents are described, as are methods for making and using such devices. In particularly preferred embodiments, such devices include a container (e.g., laminated foil pouches or packets) that contain a sanitizing component that includes a substrate with a cleaning port or recess, a cleansing matrix associated with the substrate, and a sanitizing reagent dispersed in the cleansing matrix.

Novel, lubricious coatings for medical devices are disclosed. The coatings provide improved lubricity and durability and are readily applied in coating processes a low temperatures that do not deform the device. The present invention is also directed to a novel platinum catalyst for use in such coatings. The catalyst provides for rapid curing, while inhibiting cross-linking at ambient temperatures, thereby improving the production pot life of the coatings.

A medical implant or a method of packaging a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the medical implant may be packaged to facilitate remaining hydrophilic for an extended duration of time after packaging.

An aseptic chamber of a package producing machine is provided. The aseptic chamber comprises an entry section for allowing a web of packaging material to enter the aseptic chamber, and at least one electron beam emitter arranged downstream the entry section for treating the web of packaging material it runs through the aseptic chamber. The entry section comprises an entry chamber arranged between an infeed gasket and an inner gasket.

A wipe kit includes a pouch having a first compartment with a one-way valve coupled to an end thereof, a second compartment, and a frangible seal between the first and second compartments. The first compartment receives a liquid through the one-way valve and the second compartment contains a dry wipe. The frangible seal can be broken to permit liquid to flow from the first compartment onto the wipe in the second compartment. The deactivation wipe kit may be used in a clean room to deactivate most hazardous drugs on a work surface.

A multi-panel sterilization assembly that includes a barrier panel formed of a permeable material, barrier panel bolsters at or adjacent at least a portion of two edges of the barrier panel, a fold protection panel, and at least one panel attachment means. The barrier panel has a first end and a second end opposite the first end such that the barrier panel has a length that is the distance from the first end to the second end and a midpoint along the length generally delineating the barrier panel into a content receiving region and a content covering region. The barrier panel bolsters prevent the edges of the barrier panel from folding back onto itself, i.e. back towards the unfolded position, during unfolding of the barrier panel after sterilization.

The present invention concerns packaging for preserving a sterile pharmaceutical composition, comprising at least an inner layer of polypropylene having a thickness of between 200 and 800 μm and an outer layer made from polyethylene, the outer layer being in contact with the environment and having a thickness of between 300 and 1000 μm. The invention also concerns a method for the sterile preservation of a pharmaceutical composition using such packaging.