Direct dispensing packaging of surgical sutures

A direct dispensing surgical suture label comprising:

• a center panel having recesses near the top and bottom portion, said recesses adapted to receive winding pins for winding a suture strand, a gapped and round corner on one side of the top portion, and a diagonal cut formed on the top portion of the other corner;
• a suture strand cover having a diagonal cut on the top portion of said strand cover and adjacent said center panel forming a V-shaped groove between said panel and said cover, notches along the top edge, slits initiating from said notches and terminating at dispensing holes at the top portion of said cover, winding pin holes near the top and bottom portion of said cover aligned with said recesses, a rectangular free space window attached to the said top winding pin hole, and surgical needle holding slits near the bottom corner portions of said cover;
• a needle cover having a gapped and curved corner adjacent to said gapped and rounded corner of said center panel such that a groove is formed between said needle cover and said panel, the other corner of the top portion being curved, a notch on the top edge of said needle cover, an angular cut intiating from said notch and terminating in a score line perpendicular to the outer edge of said needle cover;
• whereby, when said suture cover is folded over said center panel and said needle cover is folded over said suture cover and a surgical suture is contained under the strand cover with the end of said suture placed in said dispensing hole and when the portion of said needle cover between said notch and said curved corner on the outer edge is lifted, the end of said suture is directly dispensed from said label.