PACKAGING FOR A COMPONENT OF A SURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGING

Abstract

After their production, components for surgical handheld devices are packaged in a packaging for the purposes of transport, storage or sterilization. In order that the component is fixed in a receiving space of the packaging, said component is retained by an insert. In addition, a cover which is releasably connected to the packaging body is located above the insert and the receiving space. When the cover is being separated from the packaging body, the insert may fall out in an uncontrolled manner. The invention provides a packaging for a component, said packaging being able to be handled in a simple and safe manner. This is achieved in that at least one insert for fixing a component in a packaging body is connected to a cover of the packaging.

Claims

1. A packaging, for a component, for a surgical handheld device, with a trough-like packaging body which has a receiving space for receiving the at least one component, with at least one insert for fixing the at least one component in the packaging body and a cover for closing the packaging body body, wherein the at least one insert is connected to the cover.

2. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert is adhesively bonded to the cover.

3. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the packaging body has a border which runs around the receiving space, an upper side of the border being connected to a lower side of the cover.

4. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insert can be deposited in the receiving space such that an upper side of the packaging body and an upper side of the insert lie in one plane.

5. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper side of the border is formed differently than the upper side of the insert.

6. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one insert has at least one thermoformed region which projects into the receiving space and at least partially represents a negative of the component.

7. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one insert is flexible or is made to be flexible along a longitudinal axis.

8. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one insert has at least one cutout, an incision, a material tapering, a perforation or a predetermined breaking point transverse to a longitudinal axis.

9. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one cutout, the at least one incision, the at least one material tapering, the at least one perforation or the at least one predetermined breaking point are arranged between the thermoformed regions or lie in the thermoformed regions.

10. The packaging, for a component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the packaging body is configured in the form of a blister packaging and/or the cover is a film.

11. A method for producing a packaging, for a component, for a surgical handheld device, with a trough-like packaging body having a receiving space for receiving the at least one component, with at least one insert for fixing the at least one component in the packaging body and a cover for closing the packaging body, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) providing a packaging, as claimed in claim 1; b) depositing a component into the receiving space of the packaging body; c) depositing the at least one insert into the receiving space of the packaging body; d) applying a connecting means, to a border of the packaging body and to an upper side of the at least one insert, e) depositing the cover onto the border of the packaging body and onto the upper side of the at least one insert.

12. The method for producing a packaging, as claimed in claim 11, wherein, prior to step c), the at least one insert is provided with at least one cutout, an incision, a material tapering, a perforation or a predetermined breaking point transverse to a longitudinal direction.

Description

[0018] A preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawing, in which:

[0019] FIG. 1 shows a perspective illustration of a packaging,

[0020] FIG. 2 shows an exploded illustration of the packaging as per FIG. 1, and

[0021] FIG. 3 shows a perspective illustration of an insert.

[0022] FIG. 1 illustrates a possible exemplary embodiment of a packaging 10 according to the invention. The exemplary embodiment of the packaging 10 illustrated here in exemplary fashion is of elongate configuration and has two short sides and two long sides. The shape of the packaging 10 is essentially dependent on the type or shape of component that is intended to be received in the packaging 10. The component may for example be a resection electrode of a resectoscope (not illustrated). However, it is also conceivable for other constituent parts or components of a surgical handheld device to be received by the claimed packaging 10.

[0023] The packaging 10 essentially consists of a trough-like packaging body 11, an insert 12 and a cover 13. For identification of the packaging 10 or of the component, a marking or a label 14 can be applied to the cover 13 (FIG. 2). The packaging body 11 has a receiving space 15 in which a component (not illustrated in the figures) can be deposited. The packaging 10 or the packaging body 11, which may be a blister packaging, has correspondingly formed receiving spaces 15 in order to receive the component of the surgical handheld device.

[0024] The insert 12 is then deposited onto the component or into the receiving space 15. The insert 12 and the receiving space 15 or packaging body 11 are formed in such a way that an upper side 17 of the insert 12 and an upper side 18 of the packaging body 11 lie in one plane. This has the advantage that the film-like cover 13 can be evenly applied to the packaging body 11.

[0025] The cover 13, which may be configured in the form of a plastics film or in the form of an HDPE film, in particular in the form of a Tyvek® film, is adhesively bonded to the upper side 18 of a border 19 of the packaging body 11. To this end, a connecting means or adhesive is deposited onto the border 19 and onto the upper side 17 of the insert 12. This connecting means interacts with the cover 13. When the cover 13 is being pulled off from the packaging body 11, the insert 12 is also raised with it, avoiding a situation whereby the insert 12 falls out in an uncontrolled manner.

[0026] In order to increase the flexibility of the insert 12, provision is made according to the invention for said insert to have at least one cutout 20 transverse to a longitudinal axis. A plurality of cutouts 20 arranged parallel to one another are indicated in FIG. 3. As an alternative to or in addition to the cutouts, it is also conceivable for the insert 12 to be equipped with incisions, material taperings, perforations, predetermined breaking points or the like. When the cover 13 is being pulled off from the packaging body 11, the insert 12 bends or rotates slightly about the cutouts 20. As a result, firstly the flexibility of the insert is improved, and secondly a situation whereby said insert detaches from the cover 13 in an undesired manner is avoided.

[0027] A further exemplary embodiment may provide for the packaging body 11 to be provided with a plurality of inserts 12 which are separated from one another. This plurality of inserts 12 are each connected, separately from one another, to the cover 13 in the manner described above. The aforementioned advantages of the invention can likewise be achieved by means of this multi-part form of the insert 12.

LIST OF REFERENCE DESIGNATIONS

[0028] 10 Packaging [0029] 11 Packaging body [0030] 12 Insert [0031] 13 Cover [0032] 14 Label [0033] 15 Receiving space [0034] 17 Upper side [0035] 18 Upper side [0036] 19 Border [0037] 20 Cutout