Special receptacle or package – For body treatment article or material – Ligatures
Patent
1994-05-16
1995-12-05
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
For body treatment article or material
Ligatures
206382, 206383, A61B 1706
Patent
active
054720818
ABSTRACT:
A suture needle holder for a suture package intended to contain an armed suture, comprising a sheet of planar plastic having at least one raised pedestal formed therein, said at least one raised pedestal having at least one slot therein oriented orthogonal to the sheet of planar plastic, said at least one slot having an open portion and a needle-holding portion releasably holding a portion of the length of a suture needle therein with the length of the suture needle lying in a plane parallel to the sheet of planar plastic, wherein the open portion of the slot is of a width narrower than the diameter of the length portion of the suture needle held within the needle-holding portion of the slot. A method of forming the suture needle holder is also described.
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Kilgrow Bret J.
Mish Stanley L.
Fidei David T.
House Wayne D.
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
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