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US 6,598,737 B2Granted
Angled dispenser box for sutures
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorJames J. Rudnick
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Abstract
A suture dispenser box is provided that has an angled design such that the suture dispenser box may be received in at least two differently formatted storage racks. The suture dispenser box has a plurality of panels including at least two panels that have approximately a parallelogram shape.
Claims15
A suture dispenser box comprising:
- a plurality of panels cooperating so as to form said suture dispenser box having a hollow therein for receiving a plurality of suture packages and having a generally prismatic shape, said plurality of panels including a top panel, a front panel, a bottom panel, a back panel and a pair of side panels, said top panel, said front panel, said bottom panel, said back panel and said pair of side panels being positioned relative to one another so as to form said hollow, each of said pair of side panels having at least one pair of first edges, which intersect at an obtuse angle, and at least one pair of second edges, which intersect at an acute angle, each of said pair of side panels having approximately a parallelogram shape, said front panel having a slot disposed proximate an intersection of said front panel and said bottom panel, said slot configured so as to permit horizontal removal of suture packages contained in said hollow when said suture dispenser box is vertically oriented, one of said pair of side panels having an access opening covered by a sub-panel, and said access opening permitting vertical removal of suture packages contained in said hollow when said suture dispenser box is horizontally oriented.
A suture dispenser box comprising:
- a plurality of panels cooperating so as to form said suture dispenser box having a hollow therein for receiving a plurality of suture packages and having a generally prismatic shape, said plurality of panels including a top panel, a front panel, a bottom panel, a back panel and a pair of side panels, said top panel, said front panel, said bottom panel, said back panel and said pair of side panels being positioned relative to one another so as to form said hollow, each of said pair of side panels having at least one pair of first edges, which intersect at an obtuse angle, and at least one pair of second edges, which intersect at an acute angle, each of said pair of side panels having approximately a parallelogram shape, one of said pair of side panels having an access opening covered by a sub-panel, said access opening permitting vertical removal of suture packages contained in said hollow when said suture dispenser box is horizontally oriented, said access opening being positioned adjacent said top panel, said top panel having a finger access cutout removably covered by an extension of said sub-panel, and said finger access cutout providing increased access to suture packages contained in said hollow so as to facilitate removal of suture packages therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.