Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – Packaged assemblage or kit
Patent
1998-05-28
2000-08-08
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
Packaged assemblage or kit
206 633, 206380, B65D 8500
Patent
active
060987960
ABSTRACT:
The present invention refers to a surgical suture dispenser (1) especially suitable for retaining prepared sutures (4,5), that is to say, sutures provided with one or more needles (5), which are coiled in the dispenser (1) so that the respective needle (s) can be accessible through its central portion. This invention also relates to a method of coiling surgical sutures.
According to this invention, the dispenser (1) comprises first and second panels (2,3) joined to each other so as to retain, in a central position, a needle (5) secured to an end of a suture (4), characterized in that the free end of the suture (4) is fixed in co-operation with at least one of the panels (2,3), in a position away from the needle (5).
Further according to the invention, a coiling method is provided for coiling a surgical suture (4) in a dispenser (1) substantially as defined in claim 1, characterized by comprising a step of pulling the free end of the suture (4) in a direction away from the first panel (2).
REFERENCES:
patent: 4258843 (1981-03-01), Wymer
patent: 5675961 (1997-10-01), Cerwin et al.
Bordigon Marcos Andre
Januzeli Jose Lucio Leite
Ethicon Inc.
Foster Jim
Skula Emil Richard
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