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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:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Brown, Wallingford, CT (US);
Stanley J Malinowski, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 40 ; 428198 ; 428347 ; 428290 ; 428288 ; 428190 ; 428189 ; 428343 ; 428296 ; 206813 ; 206363 ; 206365 ;
Abstract
A breather package for surgical elements such as sutures or suture-needle assemblies having a layer of fibrous material and a layer of plastic material forming a pocket therebetween. Longitudinal heat seals and transverse top and bottom seals are provided which form the package. The layer of fibrous material is provided with longitudinal strips of release agent material through which the longitudinal heat seals are formed. An apparatus for forming such a package is also disclosed.