Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a package for a small device insertable within the blister tray. The blister tray has at least one medical device contained therein. The package includes a pair of end flaps engageable with the medical device such that the medical device, contained within the blister tray, inhibits the removal of the package from the blister tray. A plurality of openings is provided in the package and cooperates with each other to form a receptacle for a medical device, such as a vessel inverter.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a package for a small device insertable within the blister tray. The blister tray has at least one medical device contained therein. The package includes a pair of end flaps engageable with the medical device such that the medical device, contained within the blister tray, inhibits the removal of the package from the blister tray. A plurality of openings is provided in the package and cooperates with each other to form a receptacle for a medical device, such as a vessel inverter.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a package for a small device insertable within the blister tray. The blister tray has at least one medical device contained therein. The package includes a pair of end flaps engageable with the medical device such that the medical device, contained within the blister tray, inhibits the removal of the package from the blister tray. A plurality of openings is provided in the package and cooperates with each other to form a receptacle for a medical device, such as a vessel inverter.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a blister card sized and shaped to be inserted within the blister tray. The blister card includes indicia printed thereon relating to the medical device. A main panel and retaining mechanisms for retaining the blister card within the blister tray are provided.

Abstract: A suture package for multiple double armed sutures has a base panel with a multi-compartment pocket disposed at a bottom portion thereof. A needle park adhered to the base panel holds a first group of needle pairs with the associated sutures extending down into compartments of the pocket. A divider panel divides the pocket structure in half and supports a second needle park for holding a second plurality of needle pairs. The needle parks have a serrated top edge and angled slits that hold the needles such that they have a reduced lateral profile to allow the package to have a manipulable width while holding multiple sutures. Pledgets on the sutures park besides the needles in valleys of the serrated edge. In order to prevent the second panel from compressing the sutures when the package is folded, the fold lines of the base panel and the second panel are offset and the top portion of the second panel is slidably attached to the base panel by tabs and slots.

Abstract: A retainer card is disclosed which includes a pair of fold lines, a main section, and a center section. Opening(s) formed in the main section cooperate with opening(s) formed in the center section so as to form at least one receptacle for a surgical or medical device. The main section is deflectable from a relaxed configuration to a flexed configuration when a surgical or medical device is inserted into a corresponding one of the receptacle(s). The retainer card and the surgical or medical device(s) contained therein can be inserted into an outer sterilizable envelope.

Abstract: A suture package for multiple double armed sutures has a base panel with a multi-compartment pocket disposed at a bottom portion thereof. A needle park adhered to the base panel holds a first group of needle pairs with the associated sutures extending down into compartments of the pocket. A divider panel divides the pocket structure in half and supports a second needle park for holding a second plurality of needle pairs. The needle parks have a serrated top edge and angled slits that hold the needles such that they have a reduced lateral profile to allow the package to have a manipulable width while holding multiple sutures. Pledgets on the sutures park besides the needles in valleys of the serrated edge. In order to prevent the second panel from compressing the sutures when the package is folded, the fold lines of the base panel and the second panel are offset and the top portion of the second panel is slidably attached to the base panel by tabs and slots.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a package for a small device insertable within the blister tray. The blister tray has at least one medical device contained therein. The package includes a pair of end flaps engageable with the medical device such that the medical device, contained within the blister tray, inhibits the removal of the package from the blister tray. A plurality of openings is provided in the package and cooperates with each other to form a receptacle for a medical device, such as a vessel inverter.

Abstract: A retainer card is disclosed which includes a pair of fold lines, a main section, and a center section. Opening(s) formed in the main section cooperate with opening(s) formed in the center section so as to form at least one receptacle for a surgical or medical device. The main section is deflectable from a relaxed configuration to a flexed configuration when a surgical or medical device is inserted into a corresponding one of the receptacle(s). The retainer card and the surgical or medical device(s) contained therein can be inserted into an outer sterilizable envelope.

Abstract: A kit is disclosed which includes a blister tray and a blister card sized and shaped to be inserted within the blister tray. The blister card includes indicia printed thereon relating to the medical device. A main panel and retaining mechanisms for retaining the blister card within the blister tray are provided.

Abstract: Packaging for retaining a component together with an instrument package is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a foldable package made from a sheet of cut and folded paperboard material is used to retain an endoscope introducer and attach the introducer to an instrument package containing an instrument that is used with the introducer. The disclosed foldable package comprises openings and flaps that retain both the proximal and distal ends of the introducer, and a proximal flap overlies the introducer. The proximal flap is used to release the package and expose the introducer, permitting it to be removed in one smooth motion. Methods of providing prepackaged surgical instruments for a procedure are also disclosed.

Abstract: A foldable package for an endoscopic loop and cannula assembly. The package has a central panel having a pair of opposed major sides and a pair of opposed minor sides. The central panel also has a top tab extending from the top, minor side for retaining a suture loop. At least one extension panel is foldably connected to the bottom minor side of the central panel. A bottom tab is foldably connected to the bottom-most extension panel for retaining the proximal end of the cannula. A suture retaining panel is foldably connected to one major side of the central panel along the upper portion of that side. The package closure panel is foldably connected to the other major side of the panel, along the upper portion of the side, substantially opposite to the suture retaining panel. The cannula can be retained by a U-shaped slot in the bottom tab for receiving and engaging the proximal end of the cannula and a U-shaped slot in the suture retaining panel having at least one tab extending from the slot.

Abstract: A foldable package for an endoscopic needle and suture and cannula assembly comprising a central panel and a plurality of foldably attached panels for receiving and retaining the cannula and suture. A needle park is provided for receiving and retaining the needle. Locking means in outer panels fasten the package closed. A tab on the central panel retains the suture in an open loop configuration, while locking tabs and a slot in at least one inner panel retain the cannula.

Abstract: A medical device for enclosing an internal bodily organ or tissue during surgery comprising a filamentary strand with noose and free end portions, the free end portion enclosed within a cannula; a surgical bag with an opening, the bag attached to the noose portion at the open end of the bag; and a means for pulling the free end portion proximally to reduce the diameter of the noose portion so as to close the open end of the surgical bag.

Abstract: An improved retainer for surgical sutures is provided which includes a suture retaining compartment comprising a suture winding panel with the panel having a pair of holding panels foldably connected to longitudinal edges of the suture winding panel. The holding panels are foldably connected to the winding panel by at least three gussets formed at the edges of the suture winding panel. The gussets at the ends of the foldable connection prevent frictional compression of the wound suture at the corners of the retaining compartment, and the central gussets or gussets engender a convex curvature to the holding panels, thereby creating a low friction volumetric compartment which retains the suture in place. The suture retainer also includes a needle holding means mounted at the intended location of the needle.

Abstract: An improved retainer for surgical sutures is provided which includes a suture retaining compartment comprising a suture winding panel with the panel having a pair of holding panels foldably connected to longitudinal edges of the suture winding panel. The holding panels are foldably connected to the winding panel by at least three gussets formed at the edges of the suture winding panel. The gussets at the ends of the foldable connection prevent frictional compression of the wound suture at the corners of the retaining compartment, and the central gussets or gussets engender a convex curvature to the holding panels, thereby creating a low friction volumetric compartment which retains the suture in place. The suture retainer also includes a needle holding means mounted at the intended location of the needle.

Abstract: An improved retainer for surgical sutures is provided which includes a suture retaining compartment comprising a suture winding panel with the panel having a pair of holding panels foldably connected to longitudinal edges of the suture winding panel. The holding panels are foldably connected to the winding panel by at least three gussets formed at the edges of the suture winindg panel. The gussets at the ends of the foldable connection prevent frictional compression of the wound suture at the corners of the retaining compartment, and the central gussets or gussets engender a convex curvature to the holding panels, thereby creating a low friction volumetric compartment which retains the suture in place. The suture retainer also includes a needle holding means mounted at the intended location of the needle.

Abstract: An improved retainer for surgical sutures having a suture winding panel, suture holding panels, suture enclosing panel and retainer, interlocking panels. The panels of the retainer are folded to totally enclose the suture.

Abstract: The invention provides an element for holding a needled suture comprising a suture strand having at least one end attached to a needle and having a first portion of said strand remote from the end attached to said needle and a second portion of said strand intermediate said first portion and the end attached to said needle, said element comprising a unitary piece of soft, flexible polymeric foam, said element having a longitudinal medial axis, a peripheral wall, first and second sides, and first and second ends, said element further comprising:(a) a first peripheral wall portion of said first side a first predetermined distance away from said longitudinal medial axis;(b) a first retaining means for retaining said needle, said first retaining means comprising a second peripheral wall portion at or near said first end on said first side, a second predetermined distance from said longitudinal medial axis that is less than said first predetermined distance away from said longitudinal medial axis;(c) a second reta

Abstract: A medical device for enclosing an internal bodily organ or tissue during surgery comprising a filamentary strand with noose and free end portions, the free end portion enclosed within a cannula; a surgical bag with an opening, the bag attached to the noose portion at the open end of the bag; and a means for pulling the free end portion proximally to reduce the diameter of the noose portion so as to close the open end of the surgical bag.