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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
William Van Ness, Flemington, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A folder package for a suture anchor. The package has a base panel foldably connected to a connecting panel. A cover panel is foldably connected to the connecting panel. First and second end connecting panels are foldably connected to the cover panel. A needle park member is mounted to the base panel to retain surgical needles and optionally retain the suture anchor. A handle cover panel having opposed sides is foldably connected to the base panel. A connecting panel having opposed major and opposed minor sides is foldably connected along a first major side to an opposite side of the handle cover panel, and a tab member is foldably connected to the second major side of the connecting panel. The base panel has a tab member formed by a U-shaped slit for retaining the needle park member. The base panel also has L-shaped slits forming L-shaped members for retaining a shaft of a suture anchor applicator. The base panel further has a pair of tab member formed form U-shaped slits and tabs to retain a handle of a suture anchor applicator. The cover panel has a plurality of tabs and tab pockets, formed by arcuate slits, for locking the package by engaging a side of the base panel in the tab pockets. A portion of each end panel is also engaged in a tab pocket to further provide for the locking of the package.