Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Body treatment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-07
2005-06-07
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3714)
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Body treatment
C206S438000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06902057
ABSTRACT:
The present invention protects a catheter during shipment and storage. The device holds a portion of the catheter suspended such that the portion does not contact the device. When the suspended portion includes a stent treated with a therapeutic coating, the coating is protected from physical damage and from the risk that extended contact of the coating with packaging materials may result in the therapeutic agent migrating out of the coating and into the packaging materials or components of the packaging materials migrating into the therapeutic coating, both of which can occur if a therapeutic coating remains in contact with another material for an extended period of time. A catheter bearing an untreated stent, a balloon catheter, and other types of catheter would be similarly protected from physical or chemical damage.
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Medtronic Vascular Inc.
Ricci John A.
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