A design adaptable to 35 types of medical device packaging.
Release time:
2025-04-29
The thermoformed packaging developed by Prent for Cook Urological's Nitinol Basket product line won the sole WorldStar Award in the medical device packaging category in 2011. Prent's unique one-piece design helped Cook reduce mold costs, per-piece packaging costs and assembly costs, thereby lowering overall packaging costs.
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The thermoformed packaging developed by Prent for Cook Urological's Nitinol Basket product line has won the 2011 WorldStar Award from the World Packaging Organization. This is the 13th WorldStar Award for Prent. The award-winning thermoformed design is helping Cook Urological significantly reduce packaging costs by cutting mold costs, per-piece packaging costs and assembly costs.
Prent's universal thermoformed flip-top packaging is suitable for 35 products in Cook's Nitinol Basket product line, including two handle configurations. Joseph T. Pregont, President and CEO of Prent, explained: "As Cook continuously improves its medical device product line, our universal packaging design helps them easily adapt to both existing and new devices, including those with different handles, triggers, and product configurations."
The one-piece flip-top tray saves costs in three ways
He explained: "Our design helps Cook reduce packaging costs in three ways. First, the one-piece design lowers mold costs because only one mold is used for thermoforming, instead of separate molds for the tray and the flap. Second, the one-piece design reduces the cost per package by more than 25%. Third, less assembly time is needed now because the one-piece flip-top can be loaded more quickly."
In addition, due to the well-designed and properly positioned small folding hinges, bag wear has been eliminated.
Solving the problem of damage during loading and unloading
The overall design (combined with the four undercuts in the circular cavity) improves the convenience and control ability of loading and unloading precision spiral medical devices. The undercuts can also reduce product damage and prevent medical devices from popping out of the packaging or from the sterile area in the operating room.
Pregont explained: "These are some of the issues we are most concerned about, as damage during loading and unloading was a very common phenomenon before. I think the WorldStar judges recognized that our approach to solving this problem is very unique."
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