Package for retaining surgical sutures
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorHans-Jurgen F. Sinn
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Abstract
A package is provided for retaining a plurality of surgical sutures which includes a housing and a plurality of superimposed suture retainer reels disposed within the housing. Each of the suture retainer reels has a peripheral channel defined therein for maintaining a wound suture in such a manner so that the wound suture in one of said peripheral channels is disposed in an annular vertical plane which is substantially distinct from the annular vertical plane in which an adjacent wound suture is disposed. Structure is associated with the housing for maintaining the suture retainer reels in superimposed relationship. The package may also be provided with a needle park for releasably maintaining surgical needles in a position for ready removal.
Claims19
A package for retaining a plurality of surgical sutures comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of superimposed suture retainer reels disposed in said housing including first through fifth suture retainer reels of substantially equal diameter in stacked, aligned relation from first to fifth, each of said reels having a peripheral channel defined therein configured to accommodate a surgical suture, the peripheral channel in said first, third and fifth retainer reels having a radial depth that is greater than the radial depth of the peripheral channel defined in said second and fourth suture retainer reels;
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- a supporting hub associated with said housing for maintaining said plurality of suture retainer reels in superimposed coaxial relationship.
A package for retaining a plurality of surgical sutures comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of superimposed suture retainer reels disposed in said housing including first through fifth suture retainer reels in stacked, aligned relation from first to fifth, each of said suture retainer reels having a peripheral channel of substantially equal depth defined therein configured to accommodate a surgical suture, said first, third, and fifth retainer reels each having a diameter that is greater than the diameter of said second and fourth suture retainer reels;
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- a supporting hub associated with said housing for maintaining said plurality of suture retainer reels in superimposed coaxial relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.