#$%^&*AU2017202762B220181018.pdf#####ABSTRACT A method of removing a syringe from a package, the package comprising a syringe comprising a proximal region having a width including a flange and a flange region, a distal 5 region having a width, and a barrel extending from the proximal region to the distal region, the flange region having a width that is greater than width at the distal region and the proximal region, the syringe surrounded by a blister package, the blister package comprising: a flexible web sealed to a backing defining a compartment surrounding the syringe and providing a sealed region about a periphery of the backing, the sealed region having a shape 0 that conforms to the shape of the flange so that the width of the sealed adjacent to the flange is reduced compared to the width of the sealed region in the distal region to enable the syringe to be squeezed out of the package with only one hand without a peel tab; the method comprising squeezing the package in the flange region so that the flange region and the proximal region of the syringe exit the package prior to the distal region. 5 1500 LL. 0nr CI0 r n N N I -- -- -----