Package-type carrier and method for unwrapping same

Abstract

A package-type carrier, wherein a packaged object that is a biosensor can be easily taken out of the package-type carrier and attached to a measuring device without touching the packaged object. A package-type carrier has an unsealed portion outside a sealed portion and near a connection electrode of a biosensor, and has, at the end of or near the unsealed portion, a leading end processed portion such that a space is provided in a portion between an upper cover and a lower cover of the package-type carrier.

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         12 . A package comprising:
 a package body; and   a packaged object packaged by the package,   wherein the packaged object is a sensor which has a flat plate shape and of which one end portion has a connection electrode,   the package body includes a sheet-like upper surface cover and a sheet-like lower surface cover which are arranged above and below the packaged object, respectively,   the package body includes an adhesive portion which seals the packaged object by attaching the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover that interpose the packaged object therebetween in a surrounding part of the packaged object,   a front end processed portion is provided in an end portion of at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover or in a vicinity thereof,   the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover have a rectangular shape,   the front end processed portion includes a protrusion or a recess on a surface of at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover on a short side close to the connection electrode of the sensor that is the packaged object,   in a case where the protrusion is provided on the upper surface cover or in a case where the recess is provided on the lower surface cover, a non-contact space is formed between the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover in an internal part of the protrusion or the recess, and   in a case where the recess is provided on the upper surface cover or in a case where the protrusion is provided on the lower surface cover, a non-contact space is formed between the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover in a surrounding part of the recess or the protrusion.   
     
     
         13 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the front end processed portion includes the protrusion or the recess in an outer peripheral part of at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover.   
     
     
         14 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the front end processed portion includes the protrusion or the recess on an inward side of an outer peripheral part of at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover.   
     
     
         15 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the front end processed portion includes a plurality of the protrusions or the recesses.   
     
     
         16 . The package according to  claim 15 , wherein:
 widths of the plurality of the protrusions or the recesses are not the same; and   the width of the protrusion or the recess in a vicinity of an end portion of the upper surface cover or the lower surface cover is greater than the width of the protrusion or the recess on an inward side in relation to the end portion.   
     
     
         17 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the protrusion or the recess has a display function.   
     
     
         18 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the protrusion or the recess has a braille display function.   
     
     
         19 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover is a laminated film and has a desiccant on a surface that faces the packaged object.   
     
     
         20 . The package according to  claim 12 , wherein
 an end portion of an outer peripheral part of at least one of the upper surface cover and the lower surface cover is shifted to an inside in relation to an outer peripheral end portion of the other cover in a vicinity of the protrusion or the recess.   
     
     
         21 . A method for opening the package according to  claim 12 , comprising:
 separating the upper surface cover from the lower surface cover on a short side where the protrusion is provided in a state where the adhesive portion remains on the opposite side to the protrusion until the connection electrode is exposed;   mounting the connection electrode into a measuring apparatus; and   separating the upper surface cover from the lower surface cover over the entire adhesive portion.   
     
     
         22 . A method for mounting the package according to  claim 12 , comprising:
 separating the upper surface cover from the lower surface cover on a short side where the protrusion is provided in a state where the adhesive portion remains on the opposite side to the protrusion until the connection electrode is exposed; and   mounting the connection electrode into a measuring apparatus.