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US 2012/0055828 A1Published application
Suture Packaging
OwnerJohn Kennedy, David Kirsch +1inventors
InventorsJohn Kennedy, David Kirsch, Michael R. Prescott
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Abstract
A package for surgical suture material includes a base member and a cover member, wherein the cover member is configured to be placed adjacent to the base member to form the package for the surgical suture material. The base member includes an outer wall extending from an outer circumference thereof. The outer wall has a predetermined height such that it engages the cover member when the cover member is placed adjacent the base member. Partition structure extends from a bottom surface of the cover member and defines at least one suture retaining area.
Claims23
A suture package comprising:
- a base having an upwardly extending peripheral wall and an upper surface, wherein the upwardly extending peripheral wall has a first height;
- a cover having an inner surface and a downwardly extending inner wall, the inner wall having a second height that is substantially similar to the first height of the upwardly extending peripheral wall, the inner wall defining a central region of the cover, the inner wall defining an outer boundary of a suture-removal plateau region in the central region of the cover;
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- a plurality of suture retaining protrusions extending, from first ends thereof, downwardly from the cover, each suture retaining protrusion having a third height that is substantially similar to the first height of the upwardly extending peripheral wall, the plurality of suture retaining protrusions extending downwardly from the cover defining a suture retaining area between the downwardly extending inner wall of the cover and the upwardly extending peripheral wall of the base to form rows of suture retaining area protrusions, the suture retaining area protrusions being disposed intermittently along paths formed by the rows of suture retaining area protrusions along the inner surface of the cover, the rows disposed in proximity to one another wherein protrusions in proximity to one another in adjacent rows form a pattern on the inner surface of the cover that extends radially outwardly from the inner wall to the upwardly extending peripheral wall.
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A suture package comprising:
- a base having an upwardly extending peripheral wall and an upper surface, wherein the upwardly extending peripheral wall has a first height;
- a cover including a first end, a second end and a downwardly extending inner wall having a second height, the second height being substantially similar to the first height, the inner wall defining a central region of the cover, the inner wall defining an outer boundary of a suture-removal plateau region in the central region of the cover;
- a first pair of strip partitions extending from the cover toward the base and being spaced from the peripheral wall, the first pair of strip partitions extending along the first end of the cover;
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- a second pair of strip partitions extending from the cover toward the base and being spaced from the peripheral wall, the second pair of strip partitions extending along the second end of the cover, wherein each partition of the first and second pairs of strip partitions has a third height that is substantially similar to the first height.
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A suture package comprising:
- a base having an upwardly extending peripheral wall and an upper surface, wherein the upwardly extending peripheral wall has a first height;
- a cover having an inner surface and a downwardly extending inner wall, the inner wall having a second height that is substantially similar to the first height of the upwardly extending peripheral wall, the inner wall defining a central region of the cover, the inner wall defining an outer boundary of a suture-removal plateau region in the central region of the cover;
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- a plurality of rows of posts extending downwardly from the cover being disposed intermittently along paths formed by the plurality of rows of posts along the inner surface of the cover and extending outwardly from the inner wall and transversely across the plurality of rows of posts, each post having a third height that is substantially similar to the first height of the upwardly extending peripheral wall, the plurality of rows of posts extending downwardly from the cover defining a suture retaining area between the downwardly extending inner wall of the cover and the upwardly extending peripheral wall of the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.