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US 5,494,154 AGranted
Surgical suture package
AssigneeLook S.A.
InventorsGary Ainsworth, Brian K. Gourley
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Abstract
An elongated, folded paper package for containing surgical suture material and needles. The package includes folding panels which cover and protect the suture material, winding pin holes to assist in winding suture material, a foam block to hold the needles securely, one slit to hold the package closed and additional slits for ease of opening the package to expose the needles.
Claims13
A package for surgical sutures comprising
- a central panel that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has two parallel sides that are longer than its width, two or more first winding pin holes at one end, and two or more second winding pin holes closer to the other end, said holes at one end being spaced by substantially more than half said width such that a suture wound on pins extending therethrough is near said parallel sides,
- a unitary first panel connected to said central panel by a fold joint along a said parallel side, said first panel having dimensions along substantially all axes parallel to said longitudinal axis that are less than the distance between said first and second holes along said longitudinal axis such that said first panel substantially covers the region between said first and second holes when folded over said central panel but leaves said holes exposed, and
- one or more additional panels connected to said central panel by a respective fold joint so as to cover both of said holes when folded over.
A package for surgical sutures comprising
- a central panel that is elongated along a first axis and has a first group of winding pin holes at one end and a second group of winding pin holes closer to the other end, the distance between at least two holes in each group along a second axis perpendicular to said first axis being greater than one-half the width of said central panel along said second axis, two of said holes in each said group being spaced along said second axis by about 80% of the width of said central panel, each group including a third hole spaced outward of said two holes along said first axis, and
- one or more additional panels connected to said central panel by a respective fold joint so as to cover both groups of said holes when folded over.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.