Package for a multiple of sterile sutures with or without needles attached

A single dispensing surgical suture package containing multiple surgical suture strands which comprises

• an outer label having:
• a back panel;
• an upper side flap adjacent and connected to said panel by at least one score line, and containing means for retaining the ends of said surgical suture strands;
• a tab adjacent and connected to said upper flap by at least one score line, and opposite said panel, for exposing the ends of said strands;
• a lower side cover flap adjacent said panel and said upper flap, and connected to said panel by at least one score line;
• a bottom flap adjacent said panel and said lower flap and connected to said panel by at least one score line;
• and
• an inner label having:
• a back panel;
• a strand cover flap adjacent and connected to one side of said inner label back panel by at least one score line;
• a foam layer contained on coordinating surfaces of said inner label back panel and said strand cover flap;
• at least two surgical suture strands contained on the foam layer in a sinusoidal configuration, with said strand cover flap folded along said score line onto said strands and with one end of said strands external to said inner label back panel and said strand cover flap;
• whereby said inner label back panel is laid onto said outer label back panel with one end of said strands adjacent to and retained by said outer label upper side flap, said outer label bottom flap is folded onto said inner label cover flap, said outer label lower flap is folded onto said bottom flap, said outer label upper side flap is folded onto said outer label back panel or said inner label strand cover flaps, and said outer label tab is folded onto said outer label back panel or said outer label upper flap;
• such that when said tab is lifted, a single suture can be grasped and directly dispensed from said package.