Endostitch packages
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorDavid Kirsch
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Abstract
A suture package assembly is provided and includes a suture tray having a loading unit mounted thereon for supplying a surgical needle-suture assembly to a surgical instrument. A suture package cover is provided to protect the surgical needle-suture assembly prior to use. The suture package cover includes a disc engagable with the suture tray to protect the suture retained in the suture tray and an elongate flap configured to overlie the loading unit to protect the surgical needle contained therein. The elongate flap is bendable relative to the disk along a primary fold line and includes a nose portion removably engagable with the disk.
Claims13
A suture package comprising:
- a suture tray including a peripheral rim and a central body portion and defining a circumferential suture retaining trough between the rim and the central body portion,
- a cover selectively engaged with the body portion, the cover including a substantially circular disk configured to enclose the circumferential suture retraining trough;
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- a loading unit selectively engaged with the central body portion of the suture tray, wherein the central body portion of the suture tray includes a pair of stop tabs, at least one pair of alignment tabs and a pair of snap hooks for selectively engaging the loading unit, each of the pair of stop tabs including a notch for selectively engaging the loading unit, wherein at least a portion of the cover is disposed between the loading unit and the suture tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.