1. Packaging for a medical device, comprising:
a housing including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface having a compartment defined therein configured to contain a medical device; and
a carrier strip secured to one of the exterior and interior surfaces of the housing, the carrier strip including at least one reactive portion disposed thereon, wherein the reactive portion transitions from a first visible state to a second visible state upon being subject to a defined parameter.
2. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the first and second visible states include one of color, texture, pattern, indicia, alphanumerics, and symbols.
3. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the defined parameter is selected from a group consisting of temperature, exposure to sunlight, exposure to UV, elapsed time, pressure, impact, exposure to a corrosive liquid or gas, exposure to radiation, exposure to ambient conditions, exposure to air, sterilization integrity, and exposure to microwave.
4. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is secured to the exterior surface and the defined parameter includes transport time beyond a threshold condition, exposure to climate beyond at least one threshold condition, or impact above a threshold condition.
5. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is included in the interior surface of the housing and the defined parameter includes exposure to ambient conditions, exposure to radiation, exposure to temperature above or below predetermined thresholds, and sterilization integrity.
6. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is secured to the housing by an adhesive, strap, mechanical coupling, magnetic coupling, or welding.
7. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is secured to the exterior surface of the housing.
8. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is disposed on medical device and is configured to withstand autoclave sterilization without effecting the integrity of the at least one reactive portion and wherein the defined parameter includes exposure to radiation and exposure to temperature below a predetermined threshold.
9. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 1 wherein the carrier strip is disposed on one of the medical device and the interior surface of the housing and is configured to withstand gas sterilization without effecting the integrity of the at least one reactive portion and wherein the defined parameter includes exposure to radiation, exposure to temperature above or below predetermined thresholds, exposure to ambient conditions, and sterilization integrity.
10. Packaging for a medical device, comprising:
a housing including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface having a compartment defined therein configured to contain a medical device; and
at least one sensor secured to one of the exterior and interior surfaces of the housing, the at least one sensor configured to provide feedback to a visual indicator upon being subject to a defined parameter.
11. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the sensor includes one of a bio-feedback sensor, electronic sensor, mechanical sensor, optical sensor, active sensor, passive sensor, and reactive sensor.
12. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the visual indicator includes one of color, texture, pattern, indicia, alphanumerics, and symbols.
13. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the defined parameter is selected from a group consisting of temperature, change in temperature, exposure to sunlight, exposure to UV, elapsed time, pressure, impact, exposure to a corrosive liquid or gas, exposure to radiation, exposure to ambient conditions, exposure to air, sterilization integrity, and exposure to microwave.
14. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is secured to the exterior surface and the defined parameter includes transport time beyond a threshold condition, exposure to climate beyond at least one threshold condition, or impact above a threshold condition.
15. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is included in the interior surface of the housing and the defined parameter includes exposure to ambient conditions, exposure to radiation, exposure to temperature above or below predetermined thresholds, and sterilization integrity.
16. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is secured to the housing by an adhesive, strap, mechanical coupling, magnetic coupling, or welding.
17. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is secured to the exterior surface of the housing.
18. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is disposed on the medical device and is configured to withstand autoclave sterilization without effecting the integrity thereof and wherein the defined parameter includes exposure to radiation and exposure to temperature below a predetermined threshold.
19. Packaging for a medical device according to claim 10 wherein the at least one sensor is disposed on one of the medical device and the interior surface of the housing and is configured to withstand gas sterilization without effecting the integrity of thereof and wherein the defined parameter includes exposure to radiation, exposure to temperature above or below predetermined thresholds, exposure to ambient conditions, and sterilization integrity.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. An electromagnetic fluid controller, comprising:
a valve needle reciprocally situated in a valve body to close and open a fluid passage by being seated in and separated from a valve seat formed at a first end of the valve body;
an armature fixed to the valve needle at an end of the valve needle opposite to the valve seat; and
a stator accommodating a bobbin around which a coil is wound, the stator being arranged such that the stator faces the armature by a spring force of a spring at a specified distance during deenergization of the coil, wherein
a nonmagnetic material film is formed on at least one of abutting faces of the armature and the stator where the armature and the stator abut each other against the spring force of the spring during energization of the coil.
2. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 1, wherein the nonmagnetic material film has a uniform thickness.
3. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 2, wherein the nonmagnetic material film is formed over an entire face area on a portion where the armature and the stator abut each other.
4. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 2, wherein a total thickness of the nonmagnetic material film is set such that an action force of magnetic attraction is equal to or lower than a specified value, the action force of magnetic attraction being caused by a residual magnetic flux generated between both the abutting faces upon deenergization of the coil.
5. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 3, wherein a total thickness of the nonmagnetic material film is in a range from 30 to 100 micrometers.
6. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 1, wherein the nonmagnetic material film is formed of a material containing NiP (nickel phosphide).
7. The electromagnetic fluid controller according to claim 5, wherein the nonmagnetic material film is formed of a material containing NiP (nickel phosphide).
8. An electromagnetic fluid controller, comprising:
a valve needle situated in a valve body to close and open a fluid passage by being seated in and separated from a valve seat formed at a first end of the valve body;
an armature fixed to the valve needle at an end of the valve needle opposite to the valve seat;
a stator accommodating a bobbin around which a coil is wound, the stator being arranged such that the stator faces the armature by a spring force of a spring at a specified distance during deenergization of the coil, wherein
a nonmagnetic material film is formed on at least one of abutting faces of the armature and the stator where the armature and the stator abut each other against the spring force of the spring during energization of the coil; and
the stator and the armature define a gap, the gap being smallest when the electromagnetic fluid controller is energized and the gap being largest when the electromagnetic fluid controller is not energized.