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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:
Feb. 11, 1992
Filed:
May. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley L Mish, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
James D Silverman, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206 633 ;
Abstract
A suture package comprising a housing surrounding a cavity and having a port through some portion of the housing, wherein said cavity contains a length of suture in a configuration sequentially ordered along the suture withdrawal path but otherwise random. In a preferred embodiment the cavity has a vent through a portion of the housing to allow the use of a gaseous flow to aid in the loading of the length of suture into the cavity. A method of suture packaging is also described.