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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford A Dey, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Milton Cary Houston, Miles, TX (US);
David A Szabo, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., San Angelo, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53477 ; 53 53 ; 533737 ; 533759 ;
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for sealing unsealed surgical suture packages by applying heat and sealing pressure substantially simultaneously to both the sealed edge and the unsealed edge of an unsealed surgical suture package, thereby forming a sealed surgical suture package.