Surgical pledget dispensing system
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsJohn R. Daugherty, Paul D. Diegel, Bret J. Kilgrow
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Abstract
A surgical pledget dispensing system wherein a pledget is affixed to at least one other object whereby the pledget is tearably releasable from the at least one other object. Preferably a multiplicity of pledgers are affixed to the at least one other object in a tearably releasable fashion. The at least one other object is preferably at least one runner, a portion of a suture package or at least one other pledget.
Claims34
A surgical pledget dispensing system comprising a surgical pledget affixed to at least one other object whereby said pledget is tearably releasable from the other object, wherein said surgical pledget dispensing system is contained in a sterile condition in a sealed container.
A surgical pledget dispensing system comprising a multiplicity of surgical pledgets affixed to at least one other object whereby said pledgets are individually tearably releasable from the other object, wherein said surgical pledget dispensing system is contained in a sterile condition in a sealed container.
A surgical pledget dispensing system comprising a surgical pledget affixed to at least one other object whereby said pledget is tearably releasable from the other object, said pledget having a suture hole and having a suture which passes through the suture hole.
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