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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Robert J Cerwin, Pipersville, PA (US);
Clifford A Dey, San Angelo, TX (US);
John M Findlay, San Angelo, TX (US);
Konstantin K Ivanov, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Robert Nunez, Asbury, NJ (US);
Donald Pompei, Montville, NJ (US);
William R Reinhardt, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Mehmet Reyhan, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
David A Szabo, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Summerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A package for maintaining a needle-suture product in a sterile condition includes a peelable foil container in which a peripheral heat seal defines a cavity for retaining a suture packet. The packet has a plastic tray and a stiff paper lid secured to the tray by hinged paper cleats extending into sockets in the tray. The lid covers most of the area of the tray, leaving an uncovered portion for accessing a needle mounted in the tray. A suture attached to the needle is coiled in a peripheral track in the tray so that an extended length of suture material can be retained in a relatively small space. The container has top and bottom aluminum foils with differentiated polymeric coatings on their interior surfaces, which are thermally fused to form the seal. Unsealed foil flaps are provided at one end of the container to enable peeling apart the foils to open the package.