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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen Gmbh, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Clifford Dey, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Ingmar Neff, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Sven Brecht, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Marcel Renz, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Jürgen Gattnar, Allmersbach im Tal, DE;
Harra Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, Allmorsbach im Tal, DE;
Abstract
A machine for winding sutures into a suture tray package comprises a base platform, a plurality of package nests, a first workstation for placing an empty tray onto one of the package nests, a further workstation for feeding a needle with an attached suture in the tray and parking said needle in the tray, a winding station for winding the suture into a winding channel of the tray, a lid placement station for placing a lid onto one of the package nests, a lid attachment station for attaching the lid to the tray, and an offloading station for removing said trays from the package nests. The further workstation comprises two tweezer grippers, at least one of said tweezer grippers having a V- or U-shaped notch, said V- or U-shaped notch being located at the inside of the notched tweezer gripper facing the second tweezer gripper.