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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2003
Clifford A. Dey, Riegelsville, PA (US);
Robert J. Cerwin, Pipersville, PA (US);
Thomas J. Zingale, San Angelo, TX (US);
Konstantin Ivanov, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Delfin A. Lorenzo Iglesias, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Manfred Hild, Schorndorf, DE;
Manfred Reiser, Hertmannsweiler, DE;
Bernard Wachter, Backnang, DE;
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A machine and method for loading surgical needles having attached sutures into a package. The machine has a rotating disk mounted to a frame. The disk has circumferential grooves for receiving a suture. The machine has a block slidably mounted to the machine for receiving a needle and transporting it to a motion device. The motion device moves the needle to a package on a packaging machine. Rotation of the package by the packaging machine causes the suture to move out of the grooves and into the package.