Package making – Methods – Sterilizing complete package
Patent
1996-03-29
1997-04-29
Moon, Daniel
Package making
Methods
Sterilizing complete package
53453, 53478, 53559, 53281, B65B 5502, B65B 4700
Patent
active
056238100
ABSTRACT:
A method for making sterile suture packages employs a frame assembly line, a sterilization line and a blanker/cartoner line. A web of foil is advanced in a series of movements through the frame assembly line to assemble a frame containing needle-suture assemblies in a plurality of cavities in the frame, the frame having top and bottom aluminum foils with heat seal coatings on their facing surfaces. The cavities are formed in the bottom foil of each frame by a combination of pressurized air and mechanical plugs which are forced against the bottom foil and an underlying die having recesses for defining the cavities. A blanking operation following sterilization and sealing separates individual packages, each containing one needle-suture assembly, from the frame. The packages are then conveyed by belts through inspection stations and reoriented for loading into shipping cartons.
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Cerwin Robert J.
Dey Clifford A.
Findlay J. Mark
Ivanov Konstantin K.
Nunez Robert
Ethicon Inc.
Moon Daniel
Thoma Peter J.
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