Inventors:
Alan Whitford - North Scituate RI
Assignee:
Superior Plastic Products Corp. - Cumberland RI
International Classification:
B65D 3322
Abstract:
A strip of detachably connected bags for receiving and containing medical supplies and the like includes a plurality of substantially identical bags which are detachably connected in end-to-end relation. Each of the bags includes a seamless tubular wall portion which is sealed at one end thereof and open at the opposite end thereof and has an elongated longitudinally extending slit therein, and an access strip which is preferably made of a semipermeable material is adhered to the exterior of the wall portion for covering the slit. The bags are only connected along one side of the wall portions thereof so that they can be filled while they are still connected utilizing an automated feeding apparatus. After the bags have been filled and the open ends thereof have been sealed, the access strips provide quick access to articles in the bags; and when the access strips are made of a semipermeable material, they allow sterilizing gases to be introduced into the interiors of the bags for sterilizing the articles contained therein.