Suture organizer
OwnerKrishna M. Jaininventor
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Abstract
A suture organizer 10 comprises a flat, platelike member 24 having a rank of fingerlike projections 28 extending from an upper surface 27 thereof. A layer of adhesive 32 is provided on a lower surface 30 of the platelike member 24 in order to adhere to a surgical drape 16 or sheet near the vicinity of a surgical incision 20. Sutures 18 are received in valleys 29 defined by the projections 28 thereby minimizing entanglement of the sutures after surgical attachment but prior to tying and cutting.
Claims13
A suture organizer for facilitating the orderly retention of sutures extending from an incision in a patient during surgery, said organizer comprising:
- a base member having a substantially planar surface defined by an edge;
- a plurality of spaced-apart retaining members integrally formed with said base member and defining a plurality of spatial areas between adjacent retaining members, said retaining members each comprising a stem portion extending normally from said planar surface and disposed away from said edge and a cap portion at one end of said stem portion, said cap portion having a laterally extending shoulder, wherein cap portions on adjacent stems define a restricted entrance to a spatial area defined between adjacent stems;
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- rounded corners on said stem portions and said cap portions, the entire surface of said stem portions and said cap portions being smooth and substantially free of discontinuities whereby each spatial area provides for loosely retaining a suture therein so that the organizer can be moved relative to the suture without damaging the suture, and the suture can be removed from the spatial area without damage, and said shoulders tend to prevent unintentional removal of said sutures from said spatial areas.
A suture organizer for facilitating the orderly retention of sutures extending from a patient during surgery, said organizer comprising:
- a one-piece body having a substantially planar base portion with an upper surface having an edge and a rank of protuberances extending normally from the upper surface and spaced away from said edge, said rank defining a plurality of spatial areas between adjacent protuberances, each protuberance having a distal end,
- wherein the upper surface and the entire surface of each protuberance, each distal end of each protuberance and the junction between each protuberance and the upper surface is smooth and free of discontinuities, whereby the spatial areas provide for loosely retaining a weighted suture in one of the spatial areas so that the organizer can be moved relative to the suture without damaging the suture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.