CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING AND DEPLOYING DEVICES

摘要

A shipping container for medical devices that uses part of the container to transfer the device from the container to another location after the container is opened. A container is provided which has a first container portion and a second container portion. One portion of the container is provided with a grip that is graspable by a user's hand and a holder for holding the device using that same portion of the container to permit that portion of the container to be gripped and used to transfer the device from the container to another location without having to directly contact the device. The portion of the container used for transferring the device serves as a barrier between the device and the user to minimize contamination of the device by the user or to minimize contamination of the user by the device. Also described is a method for storage and deployment of a packaged device using the container of the invention.