Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly formed by a medical device (1) adapted to be implanted in a human or animal body and by packaging, wherein: te medical device comprises a housing (11) that encloses a fluid reservoir (13) and a fluid outlet (12) forming a fluid connection between the reservoir and a volume outside the housing; the packaging includes a tank (2) comprising a bottom (20), a side wall (21), an upper face opposite the bottom in a vertical direction, and an opening configured to fill the tank with a biocompatible fluid, the bottom (20) of the tank extending in a horizontal plane perpendicularly to the vertical direction; at least one of the bottom, the side wall and the top face comprises a first holding element (201) adapted to hold the housing in the tank, the housing (11) being held in the tank (2) by said first holding element (201) such that the reservoir is located between the bottom of the tank and the fluid outlet, said fluid outlet being arranged below the opening such that the fluid ou

Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory for implanting a medical device in a human or animal body, said medical device comprising an occlusion collar (1) adapted to surround and to seal an anatomical duct of said human or animal body, a fluid reservoir (2) and a tube (3) connecting the reservoir to the occlusion collar, said accessory comprising:—a plug (100; 100) adapted to seal an end of the tube; and—a collar (200) adapted to surround the tube, the plug (100) and the collar (200) having respective connection portions (103, 104; 203, 204) adapted to engage so as to fix the collar (200) and the plug (100) together so as to hermetically seal said end of the tube (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for draining a medical device (1) adapted to be implanted in a human or animal body, said medical device comprising a housing (11) that encloses a fluid reservoir (13), and a fluid outlet (12) that forms a fluid connection between the reservoir and a volume outside the housing, the method involving: —providing the device in packaging comprising a tank (2), the housing being held in the tank in a position in which the reservoir is located between the bottom of the tank and the fluid outlet; —filling the tank (2) with a biocompatible fluid such that a zone of the packaging which lies outside the medical device and is in fluid connection with the fluid outlet of the tank is immersed in the fluid; —draining the medical device and filling the reservoir (13) with the biocompatible fluid.