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US 5,699,909 AGranted
Surgical instrument package
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorBrian W. Foster
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Abstract
A package for endoscopic surgical instruments includes a retainer member fabricated from a single sheet of flexible material. The retainer includes an arcuate portion forming a ridge extending laterally across the retainer. Apertures in the sloped sides of the arcuate portion are aligned for reception of the endoscopic portion of the surgical instrument, thereby securely holding the instrument. Distal and proximal upper flap portions fold over and interlock with each other to form the top of the retainer.
Claims10
A package for a surgical instrument having an elongated endoscopic portion, which compromises:
- a) an outer envelope;
- b) a retainer member disposed within the outer envelope, the retainer member being a single integral sheet of flexible material extending lengthwise between a proximal end and a distal end, the sheet having a first upper flap portion, a second upper flap portion, and a base, the first upper flap portion being joined to the base at a proximal fold region defining the proximal end of retainer member, the second upper flap portion being joined to the base at a distal fold region defining the distal end of the retainer member, the base having an arcuate portion forming a ridge with a sloping proximal side and a sloping distal side, each of said sloping proximal and distal sides having at least one aperture for reception therethrough of an elongated portion of a surgical instrument, and
- c) locking means for engaging the first upper flap portion and the second upper flap portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.