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.

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.