Barger, one of the leading custom medical device packaging designers and thermoformers in North America, has been honored with an Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP) AmeriStar award in the medical device category. Judged by industry experts, the IOPP contest is regarded as one of the most prestigious packaging design competitions in North America.
“The unique packaging design resulted from NorthStar’s desire to consolidate a number of key components into one module and Barger’s ability to make concepts a reality,” states Ray Heasty, Mechanical Engineer for NorthStar. “The resulting reagent pack is easy to store, install and dispose of after use while performing in contents’ inspections, providing a real benefit for customers using NorthStar’s RadioGenix™ System.”
The intelligent packaging assembly is designed to hold and protect product contents during shipping and handling as well as during use with convenience engineered into design features including a 360-deg perforated panel at the base of the unit. As an integral component of NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes’ technetium-99m generation process, the package and product work together in order to create critical and commonly used isotopes for use in medical diagnostic and imaging procedures. After use, the package holding depleted product consisting of three liquid reagent bags, one being caustic, tubing and couplers are discarded together ensuring handler safety while providing functionality, ease of use and disposal.
For medical device packaging, Mike Motl, Senior Product Designer, Barger, states that the company is design- to end user-centric when it comes to addressing project needs. “The customer is fully supported through the design cycle from concept, prototyping, tooling, specification and product development,” states Motl. “Team members are involved early in the design cycle to fuse the customers’ expectations with manufacturing capabilities and end-user requirements. This planning assists in incorporating unique features such as the trimming application used in the NorthStar PETG thermoformed packaging. With our design approach, innovation can really enter the design cycle at any point in the collaborative process.”
Continues Heasty, “Barger has been terrific to work with from the very start. The Barger team listened to our concerns and the goal we had in mind with this project.”
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