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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrea Smith, Shillington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sharpoint L.P., Reading, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206380 ; 206 633 ; 206388 ; 206227 ; 206492 ; 229 875 ;
Abstract
A suture winding card comprising a base panel and a plurality of flaps extending from and foldable over the base panel to cover and secure a suture thread coil disposed thereon. One of the flaps includes a plurality of triangularly shaped flap portions which can be selectively folded to form a pocket for receiving the end of a suture needle.