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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
David Kirsch, Madison, CT (US);
Michael Prescott, Hamden, CT (US);
David Kirsch, Madison, CT (US);
Michael Prescott, Hamden, CT (US);
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
The preset disclosure describes packaging for sutures having barbs. The packaging includes a base, a cover configured to be placed adjacent to the base to form the suture package and a plurality of protrusions which are configured for selectively maintaining and slideably releasing surgical barbed sutures. Additionally disclosed is a barbed suture package including a substantially flat base member having a top side, a bottom side, and an outer periphery, an outer wall extending upwardly from said top side of said base member about the periphery of said base member, said outer wall having a top, an outer surface, and an inner surface, at least one groove in said base member for receiving a suture, each of said grooves having an opening in a bottom and both sides and an opening in said top side of said base member, a needle park for receiving a needle, said needle park centrally mounted to said top side of said base member within the interior wall, and, a flat cover member having a top, a bottom, a suture discharge opening, and an outer periphery, wherein said cover member is mounted on said top of said outer wall.