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US 8,011,499 B2Granted
Suture tray package
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsMeredith McHugh Karow, Robert Cerwin, John P. Harrison
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Abstract
A novel suture tray package is disclosed. The package has a floor member and a plurality of curvilinear walls extending up from the top of the floor member and forming suture tracks. The walls extend in a spiral manner from the central section of the floor member to the periphery. Extending radially outwardly about the periphery are platform sections in communication with the tracks and optionally containing needle park members and pledget park members.
Claims17
A tray package for surgical sutures, comprising:
- a floor member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer periphery, a center and a central area about the center;
- a central wall extending up from the central area of the floor member, the central wall member having an inner surface, an outer surface and a top;
- an outer wall extending up from the periphery of the floor member, the outer wall having an outer surface, and inner surface and a top;
- a plurality of platform sections extending radially out from the floor member about the periphery of the floor member;
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- a plurality of curvilinear wall members extending up from the top surface of the floor member and extending radially outward from the central area toward the outer periphery of the floor member in a spiral manner forming a plurality of discrete suture tracks, the wall members having opposed outer surfaces, the wall members having proximal ends connected to the outer surface of the central wall, and distal ends connected to the inner surface of the outer wall, the wall members spaced from each other such that each discrete suture track is formed between the outer surfaces of adjacent wall members and the top surface of the floor member, the outer surface of the central wall, and the inner surface of the outer wall, wherein the distal end of each suture track is widened to form a platform section extending radially out about the periphery of the floor member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.