Abstract: Packaging for a medical catheter has a mounting card on which the catheter is placed and a cover sheet for covering the catheter to form a pouch or envelope. Discrete portions of the cover sheet are affixed to the mounting card on opposing sides of the catheter body, to restrict movement of the catheter from a desired shape.

Abstract: Packaging for medical catheters is provided which includes a flexible tip tray that is made of a material having a hardness value significantly less than that of medical catheters to be packaged within the sterilizable packaging. The flexible tip tray includes a flexible groove having a cross-sectional size which accomodates medical catheters of different French sizes. The flexible tip tray does not damage the catheter of any such size when the catheter is removed from the packaging by sliding same out of the flexible tip tray, which remains within the packaging during this procedure in order to avoid handling of the flexible tip tray by a member of the surgical team using the medical catheter.