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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. 22, 1996
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Scanlon, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206 633 ; 206383 ;
Abstract
A suture retainer includes a base member defining a plurality of adjacent elongated enclosed suture compartments for storing sutures, a needle retaining panel connected to the base member and having a needle park for securing needles attached to the sutures and a cover panel adapted to fold onto the secured needles to enclose the needles. The suture compartments are open at a first end portion thereof to facilitate insertion of suture portion therein.