Abstract: A hinged disposable container for retaining surgical implements is disclosed. The container is provided with one or more elongated strips of a resilient material. The surgical implements are retained by inserting them into slots formed in the strip, and numerical indications enable the user to precisely determine the number of needles in the container. Separate adhesive means are provided for holding other sharps in position.

Abstract: A package for retaining sewing machine needles in a plurality of compartments. Means are provided for selecting a needle stored in a compartment by rotating a base containing a dispensing slot until the slot is aligned with an aperture of the desired needle compartment. An information disc, containing needle selection information, is interposed between the compartments and the base. Needle data may be read through an aperture or frame contained on the base, thereby advising the sewer of the appropriate uses for the needles contained within the selected compartment.

Abstract: An improved disposable receiver, formed by foldably nesting a shaped cover element into a correspondingly shaped tray element, for securely encasing sharp disposable surgical implements features a combination of reopenable retaining and locking means for retaining the receiver in the closed, nested position. In a preferred embodiment, the disposable receiver may be formed of transparent plastic material into symmetrical tray and cover portions separated by an integrally formed flexible hinge, and a number of integrally formed pressure fit snap locks are arrayed around the periphery of the receiver to provide readily reopenable closure retaining means. Additionally, the tray and cover portions are slightly pyramidally shaped to produce a receiver of high rigidity when in the closed, nested position.

Abstract: A package for sewing machine needles or the like, comprising a plate provided with needle reception pockets arranged in the form of rows adjacent to one another, the plate being made out of a flexible or elastic material. The reception pockets, corresponding in their length approximately to that of the needles and being closed on both ends, are provided with catch projections projecting into the free space of the pockets, and the reception pockets have at least one penetration opening which extends to the rear side of the plate.

Abstract: A receiver for disposing of used surgical sharps particularly needles and scalpel blades, comprising an adhesive-coated, rectangular backing panel having a cover panel and two matrix panels attached along the sides thereof. The matrix panels have cut-out windows of different sizes to accommodate the surgical sharps. In use, one matrix panel is removed and discarded while the other is folded over and secured to the adhesive-coated side of the backing panel. Used surgical sharps deposited in matrix panel windows are retained on the adhesive coating of the backing panel which forms the floor of the matrix window. When all matrix windows are used, or the surgical procedure is complete, the adhesive coated cover panel is folded over the matrix panel to seal the matrix windows and the sharps contained therein. Preferably, the cover panel is transparent to allow the sharps to be visually identified and counted after the receiver is sealed.

Abstract: A receiver for securely encasing pointed disposable surgical implements comprises a tray having a bottom wall, side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall and a flange extending outwardly around the upper periphery of the side walls. A device for receiving surgical implements is positioned on the bottom wall of the tray, and a cover having a configuration similar to the tray is hingedly connected to the tray and adapted to be folded to a closed, nested position relative to the tray with the bottom wall of the cover in close proximity to the bottom wall of the tray to securely encase surgical implements therebetween. The side walls of the cover are preferably shorter than the side walls of the tray to provide a space between the respective bottom walls to accommodate the receiving device and surgical implements.

Abstract: A screw strip for holding a row of parallel screws is formed of a flexible plastic material with sleeves which either only partially surround the screws, or have different wall thicknesses on different sides of the screws. The ribs interconnecting the sleeves have wall thicknesses less than the outer diameters of the screw threads. In a method for forming the screw strip, a plastic material is extruded only on one side of the threads of a row of screws, and it is then pressed by means of grooved rollers to be formed into the sleeves which only partially surround the screws.

Abstract: Patent of invention "Safety Package of Toothpick Holder", comprising only one cardboard, laterally equipped with four faces (1-2-3-4) and an edge (5) for glueing at the inner part of the opposite face i.e. (4), and having, at the uppermost side, two edges (19-22) overlaying one another and another (26) with three cuttings (29) where pass a trapezoid projection (31) of another edge (30), in such a way that the foldable ears (32) of such projection (31) block the cover. Furthermore, there are, at the said edge (22), a cutting (25) in alignment with a hole (F) for the output of the toothpicks. Similar edges form the bottom.

Abstract: A storage package for sewing machine needles which may be attached to like packages to expand the needle storage capacity. The package is molded from a resilient material to permit the convenient attachment of additional packages at the sides or the front or back of each package.

Abstract: A one-piece folded package for a plurality of single- or double-armed sutures comprising two suture mounting panels and one intermediate connecting panel. When folded, the panels completely enclose a major portion of the suture strand while the needles are displayed in an area protected by a separate cover flap extending from one panel. The sutures are individually mounted on the two suture mounting panels with the armed end of each suture retained in slits in a foam strip. When the package is opened, the suture mounting panels may be folded to elevate the needles of the sutures in two tiers for easy grasping and removal from the package.

Abstract: A needle dispenser comprising a tubular body whose walls define a cavity therein for storage of needles, said body terminating in a first end which is sealed at its extremity and terminating at a second end in a substantially convex surface, said surface containing a substantially centrally located, substantially-circular aperture in communication with said cavity, said aperture having a diameter in excess of the maximum diameter of the greatest-diameter needles to be stored in said cavity. Preferably the cavity contains a plurality (e.g. 3-5) of B--B shot which prevents the needles from readily falling out of the aperture.

Abstract: Continuously connected fastener attachment stock formed by elongated plastic side members with cross coupling links. One of the side member has successively connected cross bars with each cross bar connected to one of the cross links. The other side member has successively connected head pieces with each head piece connected to one of the cross links. The stock is proportioned to be fed as an entity to a position within a machine where individual fasteners are sparated from the stock, with each separate fastener including a head piece, a cross bar, and coupling link interconnecting the head piece with the cross bar. Each cross bar is configured for feeding through the bore of a slotted hollow needle.

Abstract: A dispenser for sewing machine needles or the like comprising an upper part and a lower part. The lower part formed circularly is provided with reception shafts for sewing needles, which reception shafts are arranged secant-like. The upper part is mounted rotatably on the lower part. The upper part has an edge closing the front-sided push-in cross-section of the reception shafts, the edge being formed with a removal opening rotatable respectively in front of the push-in cross-section of the shafts.

Abstract: A holder for retaining sutures, needles and other surgical products used during surgical operations, with one form of the holder being made from sheet material and having intermediate portions folded over adjacent intermediate portions thereof to form a plurality of pockets which are adapted to receive and retain the sutures and needles. Such holder is provided with one or more detachable blocks of resilient material having indicia thereon for assisting in counting the needles carried by the blocks. The holder may be provided with a foldable easel stand. Another embodiment consists of a block of polyfoam material divided into first and second sections, with the first section having on the top wall thereof a decal with indicia thereon and with the second section having in the top wall thereof parallel slots for receiving surgical sutures, needles, etc. to hold them securely and conveniently in place.

Abstract: Fastener attachment stock to be separated or divided, e.g., by cutting, severing, rupturing or shearing to provide a plurality of fastener attachment devices each preferably having substantially an H shape. The stock in its most preferred form includes two undivided elongated and continuous plastic side members having a plurality of plastic cross links coupled to and between each of said side members, each of said links being preferably spaced equidistantly apart from each other.The stock of this invention provides for a completely waste-less or scrap-less fastener attachment dispensing system in the hands of the ultimate user while also permitting the automatic repetitive dispensing of large numbers of fastener attachment devices under positive feed control and at a rapid rate without the necessity of frequent system stock reloadings (as necessitated using the stock of the prior art).

Abstract: A one-piece folded suture package for a plurality of single or double-armed sutures comprising a front panel, a back panel and two inner panels. The sutures are individually mounted on the two inner panels with the needles at one end and the suture strand extending therefrom over the length of the panel and secured near the other end of the panel. The panels are offset in a vertical direction to expose the upper end of both inner panels and display the needles in two horizontal tiers. The sutures are removable from the package by grasping the needles and withdrawing the suture strand from between the panels of the package. The package is optionally provided with a cover flap to cover the needle display area and integral locking means to secure the package in its folded construction.

Abstract: A dispenser container wherein magnetizable needles, tools, or the like, are mounted upon a magnet element secured pivotally to the interior of the container by means of a fabric hinge. The pivoting motion of the magnetic bar is produced by the alternating forward and retracting movements of the cover or closure element for the container whereby the needles move into a substantially horizontal position when the container is closed. When the cover is retracted, the pivoting motion of the magnet induced by gravity causes the needles to move pivotally whereby the freely extending forward portions thereof extend externally of the container to facilitate individual selection.

Abstract: A light weight, portable device for removably storing a number of needles of various transverse cross section but of substantially the same length, which needles have crochet hooks defined on first ends thereof, and the device capable of being used to selectively dispense any desired one of the needles therefrom by a simple manual operation.

Abstract: A needled suture mounting and dispensing device comprising a separable needle mount and a carrier therefor is described. The needle mount comprises a three-dimensional needle retaining means having a support portion and the carrier comprises a flat card member. Separability of the needle mount from the carrier is achieved either by having the needle mount and carrier as separate members which are fitted together or by having the needle mount be a detachable portion of the carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the needle mount and carrier are two separate members. In this embodiment, the carrier is provided with a pair of parallel slits forming a tongue and slot. The slits are spaced apart at a distance smaller than the width of the support portion of the needle mount and is adapted to receive the needle mount between the tongue and edges of the slot. A package, especially for microsutures, which employs the mounting and dispensing device is also described.