Special receptacle or package – For a fastener – Surgical or wound type
Patent
1996-08-21
1997-11-25
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
For a fastener
Surgical or wound type
206364, 206438, 206588, 206592, B65D 8524
Patent
active
056902220
ABSTRACT:
A flexible surgical screw retainer and method for holding a surgical screw within a sterilizable package and dispensing the screw in a controlled manner at a selected site. The retainer has an elongated recess into which a surgical screw may be placed in order to be retained by frictional engagement with the side walls of the recess. The recess is sized to any of a variety of screw sizes. When the package is opened, the surgical screw retainer may be removed and grasped by a user and squeezed in order to disengage the screw from the recess and enable it to fall to a selected surface.
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Fidei David T.
Linvatec Corporation
Warzecha Gene
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