Ligatures Patents (Class 206/63.3)
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Patent number: 7694489Abstract: A suture winding device is provided that includes a holder and a base having a needle holder for receiving a needle with a quantity of attached suture attached thereto. A plurality of rods are disposed on the base that may be arranged in one or more arrays. The plurality of rods contribute to the alignment of a retainer disposed on the base that includes first and second members that may be joined together using pressure and/or heat. Prior to joining the first and second members of the retainer, the base may be rotated to form loops of suture around the arrays of rods.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Michael Prescott, Christopher G. Fishbein
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Publication number: 20100078336Abstract: A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture. The method includes the steps of providing a containment compartment molded from a polymeric resin comprising a polymeric material and an antimicrobial agent, positioning a suture within the containment compartment, the suture comprising one or more surfaces; covering the containment compartment having the suture in an outer package cover having an inner surface, and subjecting the outer package, the containment compartment and the suture to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the containment compartment to the suture, while retaining an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent on the containment compartment, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the containment compartment. A packaged antimicrobial suture is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: ETHICON, INC.Inventors: Mehmet REYHAN, Robert CERWIN
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Patent number: 7681722Abstract: A needle holder that includes a fixed support member having an aperture therethrough, and a movable holding member mounted to the fixed member. The movable holding member contains a slot for receiving a needle and is movable between a first needle blank receiving position which enables receipt of said needle blank within said slot and a second needle blank holding position wherein the needle blank is held against the fixed support member.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Mark S. Buchter, Andrew J. Vacco
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Publication number: 20100044251Abstract: A clip package comprises: a clip assembly including at least one endoscopic clip and at least one connection ring connected to the clip, the connection ring having at least one skirt portion that is allowed to expand radially outwards and stick out when in natural state free from external force and closes inwards when depressed radially inwards, a cylindrical case including an accommodation section for accommodating the clip assembly, the cylindrical case further including at least one opening in a position corresponding to the skirt portion of the connection ring, the opening being provided to maintain the skirt portion in natural state, and a cylindrical outer tube movably fitted over the outer periphery of the case and including at least one skirt closer for depressing and inwardly closing the skirt portion when the skirt closer is moved to a position opposite the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Koji Itoh, Takayuki Iida, Yoshiyuki Kunuki
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Patent number: 7665279Abstract: A suture winding device is provided that includes a holder and a base having a needle holder for receiving a needle with a quantity of attached suture attached thereto. A plurality of rods is disposed on the base that may be arranged in one or more arrays. The plurality of rods at contribute to the alignment of a retainer disposed on the base that includes first and second members that may be joined together using pressure and/or heat. Prior to joining the first and second members of the retainer, the base may be rotated to form loops of suture around the arrays of rods.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventor: Michael Prescott
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Publication number: 20100025274Abstract: The present disclosure provides a package for a medical device containing a cavity for receiving the medical device, a first closure having a sealed portal therein and a second closure adjacent the first closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Joshua B. Stopek, David Kirsch
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Patent number: 7637369Abstract: A package for surgical suture material includes a base member and a cover member, wherein the cover member is configured to be placed adjacent to the base member to form the package for the surgical suture material. The base member includes an outer wall extending from an outer circumference thereof. The outer wall has a predetermined height such that it engages the cover member when the cover member is placed adjacent the base member. Partition structure extends from a bottom surface of the cover member and defines at least one suture retaining area. A plurality of protrusions are positioned adjacent the outer wall for maintaining surgical suture material a predetermined distance toward a center portion of the package.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: John Kennedy, David Kirsch, Michael R. Prescott
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Publication number: 20090318962Abstract: Materials and Methods for immobilizing bioactive molecules, stem and other precursor cells, and other agents of therapeutic value in surgical sutures and other tissue scaffold devices are described herein. Broadly drawn to the integration and incorporation of bioactive materials into suture constructs, tissue scaffolds and medical devices, the present invention has particular utility in the development of novel systems that enable medical personnel performing surgical and other medical procedures to utilize and subsequently reintroduce bioactive materials extracted from a patient (or their allogenic equivalents) to a wound or target surgical site.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: BIOACTIVE SURGICAL, INC.Inventors: Richard H. SPEDDEN, Laura J. PINGEL, Lew C. SCHON
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Patent number: 7611008Abstract: A package is used for the packaging of an anchor element together with a suture thread which is threaded on the latter. It is proposed to provide the package with an outer casing hermetically closed to the outside, the casing container holder which receives said anchor element and which has a seat for the suture thread already wound on the anchor element.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Kurt Ruffieux, Heiner Kern, Dennis Reichardt, Alexander Siegrist
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Patent number: 7600634Abstract: A surgical suture package for storing at least one surgical suture includes an outer jacket having a plurality of panels foldably connected to each other and adapted to fold upon each other to form an inner pocket and an inner retainer for positioning within the pocket of the outer jacket. The inner retainer includes a row of support panels having a main support panel for supporting the at least one suture, and a pair of side support panels foldably connected to the main support panel along respective opposed major sides of the main support panel. The side support panels are adapted to be folded onto the main support panel to at least partially enclose the at least one suture. A cover panel is foldably connected to the main support panel along a minor side of the main support panel, and is adapted to be folded onto the support panels.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Stan Malinowski, Mario Santangelo
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Publication number: 20090250356Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: David Kirsch, Michael Prescott
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Publication number: 20090230002Abstract: A suture pledget assembly is disclosed that includes a block with at least one slit and a pledget in an abutting relationship to the block. A suture has first and second end portions that are retained by the first and second slits, respectively. The first and second end portions generally extend beyond a face of the block and are substantially parallel to each other. A suture pledget package for retaining a suture is disclosed. The suture pledget package includes a front panel and a backing panel where the backing panel forms a plurality of tracks. Each track is configured and dimensioned to receive at least one suture pledget assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Mark Roby, John Kennedy
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Publication number: 20090209031Abstract: A package for a medical device, the package capable of sustaining viable cells, wherein the package includes a first container, which is configured to receive a medical device and to sustain at least one viable cell, and a fluid port in communication with the first container for allowing sterile passage of an agent to the medical device and for maintaining cell viability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventor: Joshua B. Stopek
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Publication number: 20090205987Abstract: A package for surgical suture material includes a base member and a cover member, wherein the cover member is configured to be placed adjacent to the base member to form the package for the surgical suture material. The base member includes an outer wall extending from an outer circumference thereof. The outer wall has a predetermined height such that it engages the cover member when the cover member is placed adjacent the base member. Partition structure extends from a bottom surface of the cover member and defines at least one suture retaining area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Jack Kennedy, David Kirsch, Michael Prescott
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Publication number: 20090149869Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved system and method for providing sutures using self adhesive pads with anchors. Each self adhesive pad has at least one anchor or hook fixed on top of the pad to hold a suture thread in place or could contain a Micro Velcro System. By applying the pads around an open wound and connecting them with a suture thread, the wound could be closed by tightening the suture thread. The wound could be kept closed by securing the position of both ends of the suture thread. In one embodiment, the end of a suture thread may be anchored on the anchor or hook on the self adhesive pad. The system and method provides improvements over the suture techniques using stitches by securing atraumatic closure of the wound in a non-invasive way.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Eduardo Pena Dolhun
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Patent number: 7520382Abstract: A package for surgical suture material includes a base member and a cover member, wherein the cover member is configured to be placed adjacent to the base member to form the package for the surgical suture material. The base member includes an outer wall extending from an outer circumference thereof. The outer wall has a predetermined height such that it engages the cover member when the cover member is placed adjacent the base member. Partition structure extends from a bottom surface of the cover member and defines at least one suture retaining area.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Jack Kennedy, David Kirsch, Michael Prescott
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Patent number: 7520383Abstract: A suture pledget assembly is disclosed that includes a block with at least one slit and a pledget in an abutting relationship to the block. A suture has first and second end portions that are retained by the first and second slits, respectively. The first and second end portions generally extend beyond a face of the block and are substantially parallel to each other. A suture pledget package for retaining a suture is disclosed. The suture pledget package includes a front panel and a backing panel where the backing panel forms a plurality of tracks. Each track is configured and dimensioned to receive at least one suture pledget assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Mark Roby, John Kennedy
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Patent number: 7467710Abstract: A package assembly and method for packaging sutures is provided. The package includes a substantially rectangular casing defining an internal area therein and including a container portion having a substantially flat bottom side defined by first, second, third and fourth edges, and first, second, third and fourth sides extending upwardly from the first, second, third and fourth edges respectively, and a lid portion removably secured to a top side of the container portion to thereby form an integral casing. The package further includes a plurality of suture packages each having a substantially planar shape, wherein the plurality of packages are positioned within the internal area of the rectangular casing substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the bottom side of the container portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Robert Cerwin, Clifford Dey, Glynn Clements
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Publication number: 20080272012Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packaged medical device including a container for receiving a medical device having a passageway defined therein and a port for permitting the sterile passage of an agent between the outside of the container and the passageway defined within the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventor: Joshua Stopek
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Publication number: 20080128296Abstract: The present disclosure provides a package for a medical device having a surface prepared for receiving a target agent and a port for permitting the passage of the target agent between the surface of the medical device contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Joseph Hotter, Matthew D. Cohen
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Patent number: 7322161Abstract: A suture winding device having a rotatable base and a holder is provided. The rotatable base includes a needle holder for receiving a needle having a quantity of attached suture. A plurality of rods is disposed on the base for aligning a retainer thereon. Rods may be arranged in one or more arrays on the rotatable base. The base may be rotated to form loops of suture around the arrays of rods. The retainer includes first and second members that may be joined together using pressure and/or heat.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventor: Michael Prescott
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Patent number: 7191900Abstract: The invention is a medical guide wire containment and dispensing device. The device is of unitary construction and defines a single, generally annular opening that receives the guide wire. Preferably, the device includes a mount for retaining a guide-wire torque device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: JS Vascular, Inc.Inventors: John C. Opie, Stephen J. Joyce, Thomas Izdebski
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Patent number: 7137507Abstract: A suture pledget assembly is disclosed that includes a block with at least one slit and a pledget in an abutting relationship to the block. A suture has first and second end portions that are retained by the first and second slits, respectively. The first and second end portions generally extend beyond a face of the block and are substantially parallel to each other. A suture pledget package for retaining a suture is disclosed. The suture pledget package includes a front panel and a backing panel where the backing panel forms a plurality of tracks. Each track is configured and dimensioned to receive at least one suture pledget assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Mark Roby, John Kennedy
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Patent number: 7070044Abstract: A dispenser for suture, including a suture reel on which the suture is mounted and an indicator that the suture is soon to be depleted. The indicator can be a visual marking on the suture, or it can be an audible and/or vibratory effect obtained by the dispenser housing interacting with the suture through one or more view ports or by interaction of a follower cam with the reel structure as the suture becomes depleted.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Inventor: David Rosenfeld
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Patent number: 7070051Abstract: A needle counter device which utilizes an adhesive disposed in one or more, preferably V-shaped, troughs. The adhesive provides instant, strong grip upon contact, but also provides very low resistance to needle penetration (i.e., it is easy to stick a needle in the adhesive, but difficult to pull the needle out). The device includes a base and a lid, and opens and closes much like a book. Once the device is closed, the device tends to remain closed unless intentionally opened. A thin layer of adhesive may be provided on the inside of the lid, to retain used surgical blades, and a piece of resilient foam may also be provided for temporarily “parking” a suture needle. The sides of each trough are lined with structure which serves to prevent an accidentally laid surgical instrument from unintentionally contacting the adhesive. Numerical indices provide a quick visual, counting assist.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Atrion Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Rowland W. Kanner, Larry Lee Young
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Patent number: 7007442Abstract: A thin, flat package of heat sealed thermoplastic material is filled with plastic string trimmer line, with one end of the line accessible through an opening in the rear wall, and the other end of the line extending from a slot in the periphery of the package.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Inventor: John R. Fogle
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Patent number: 6938755Abstract: Featured is a package or carrier for releasably holding any of a number of medical devices including a rigid member that is interconnected to a flexible member such as suture-needle combinations. The package includes a support unit having a long axis, which support unit is configured so as to include a handle/cover member, a face cover member, a stationary panel, a plurality of folding panels, and a plurality (i.e., two or more) of securing members that releasably secure or retain portions of the medical device and/or portions of the interconnected flexible member to the package. The handle/cover member is foldable in either of two positions. In the first position a part of the handle/cover member covers a portion of the stationary panel that is not covered by the face cover member. In the second position, this portion of the stationary panel becomes uncovered to expose the medical devices that are secured therein and.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Inventors: Michael Braginsky, Joan Goldberg, Shelby Cook, Donna Raiche, Michael A. Valerio
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Patent number: 6854598Abstract: A container for holding curved needles has side fixation hooks in pairs and a center fixation hook projected from a bottom plate to fix a needle by putting the needle between the hooks and in which the tip of the needle falls down securely to a fixed direction. In case of holding plural needles, plural side fixation hooks and center fixation hooks are molded to project continuously in a line from the bottom plate and so the backs of the hooks are united with one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Koseki Medical K.K.Inventor: Tomoaki Koseki
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Patent number: 6804937Abstract: A machine and process for packaging armed sutures into tray packages. The machine has a frame with a rotatable indexing disc member mounted to the top of the frame. A plurality of tool nests are rotatably mounted to the top of the indexing disc. Tray packages mounted in the toll nests are rotated to wind sutures into a suture channel in the packages. A stylus having a front nose member and a rear heel member guides suture into the suture channel. Channel winding pins in the winding tooling provide for an arranged wind of suture in a suture channel of the tray packages. The machine has an in-line printer and a punching machine for printing and punching paper covers from strips of stock material, which are then mounted to the tray packages.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Clifford A. Dey, Robert J. Cerwin, Thomas J. Zingale, Konstantin Ivanov, Delfin A. Lorenzo Iglesias, Manfred Hild, Manfred Reiser, Bernard Wachter
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Publication number: 20040159561Abstract: A storage device for medical swabs having an envelope for the latter is characterized in that the envelope is formed by adjacently disposed chambers which are sealed bacteria-tight for the swabs. The size of the chambers is determined by the number and the size of the swabs kept in stock in each of them, it being intended, so ensure absolute sterility, that only one swab should be kept in stock in one chamber, so that each swab can be removed sterilized from the storage device. The envelopes can be kept in stock rolled up or concertinaed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventor: Andreas Fellinger
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Patent number: 6739450Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Constance E. Roshdy, Elizabeth Porras
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Publication number: 20040084331Abstract: A suture pledget assembly is disclosed that includes a block with at least one slit and a pledget in an abutting relationship to the block. A suture has first and second end portions that are retained by the first and second slits, respectively. The first and second end portions generally extend beyond a face of the block and are substantially parallel to each other. A suture pledget package for retaining a suture is disclosed. The suture pledget package includes a front panel and a backing panel where the backing panel forms a plurality of tracks. Each track is configured and dimensioned to receive at least one suture pledget assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Mark Roby, John Kennedy
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Patent number: 6719128Abstract: A suture package is disclosed that is sized and shaped to contain at least one suture. The suture package includes an envelope having a plurality of panels. One of the panels is a pressure panel which functions to urge a suture against another of the panels, thereby immobilizing the suture within the package.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Marvin Alpern, Delfin A. Lorenzo Iglesias
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Publication number: 20040050721Abstract: The present disclosure relates to packages for retaining a needle-suture combination. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the package includes a moldable base portion; a moldable cover portion fabricated from moldable material, the cover portion being integrally connected to the base portion via a hinge, wherein at least one of the base portion and the cover portion is configured and adapted to retain a suture of a needle-suture combination; and a needle park disposed on at least one of the base portion and the cover portion, the needle park being configured and adapted to retain a needle of the needle-suture combination therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Mark Roby, John Kennedy
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Publication number: 20040020795Abstract: Featured is a package or carrier for releasably holding any of a number of medical devices including a rigid member that is interconnected to a flexible member such as suture-needle combinations. The package includes a support unit having a long axis, which support unit is configured so as to include a handle/cover member, a face cover member, a stationary panel, a plurality of folding panels, and a plurality (i.e., two or more) of securing members that releasably secure or retain portions of the medical device and/or portions of the interconnected flexible member to the package. The handle/cover member is foldable in either of two positions. In the first position a part of the handle/cover member covers a portion of the stationary panel that is not covered by the face cover member. In the second position, this portion of the stationary panel becomes uncovered to expose the medical devices that are secured therein and.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Michael Braginsky, Joan Goldberg, Shelby Cook, Donna Raiche, Michael A. Valerio
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Patent number: 6659270Abstract: A suture package (30) including a panel having a series of superimposed subpanels (32a). A suture (20) loops back and forth on the subpanels (32a) such that adjacent loops are retained on adjacent subpanels (32a) and the adjacent subpanels separate the adjacent loops from one another. In the preferred embodiment, an accordion style panel (32) is utilized and the series of subpanels (32a) are folded into a superimposed relationship. Various features are incorporated to reduce the instances or likelihood of kinking and tangling of the suture (20) when pulled from the package (30) by a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: IDX Medical, Ltd.Inventors: Warren P. Williamson, IV, Craig B. Berky, Paul A. Spence, Mark Ortiz
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Patent number: 6644469Abstract: A tray package is provided for sutures and needles. The tray package includes a base member which has top and bottom surfaces. A needle park bridge is formed on the top surface and is sized and shaped to receive a needle of a suture. A suture channel is formed on the bottom surface and is sized and shaped to receive a suture.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: Marvin Alpern
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Publication number: 20030178325Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Constance E. Roshdy, Elizabeth Porras
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Publication number: 20030155259Abstract: A surgical suture needle counter with the structure of having a needle fixing body made of thin plate formed of continuous projections and hollow parts in a waveform, wherein needles are inserted into the aperture of the projections and dropped into the hollow part to be fixed and held. Side rods protrude in both sides of the base of the hollow parts of the needle fixing body to clarify the precise position for the needle to be dropped when seen from above. The curved form of the hollow part of the needle fixing body is made to match the cross-section form of the needle to enable the inserted needle to fall into the aperture and fit closely onto the tray base. When the lid is open wide and turned to the base of the tray, the inside of the tray is inclined to facilitate easier visual confirmation of the fixed needles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2003Publication date: August 21, 2003Inventor: Tomoaki Koseki
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Patent number: 6607696Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus for delivery of a gas, e.g., carbon dioxide and/or chlorine dioxide, and methods of its use and manufacture. The apparatus includes an envelope, and a sachet within the envelope that contains reactant, which generates a gas in the presence of an initiating agent, e.g., water. The envelope allows release of the gas from the envelope. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an envelope and a partition that separates two reactants within the envelope. The envelope allows an initiating agent into the envelope and release of the gas generated by the reactants in the presence of the initiating agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Selective Micro Technologies, LLCInventors: Richard A. Hamilton, John J. Warner
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Patent number: 6598737Abstract: A suture dispenser box is provided that has an angled design such that the suture dispenser box may be received in at least two differently formatted storage racks. The suture dispenser box has a plurality of panels including at least two panels that have approximately a parallelogram shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: James J. Rudnick
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Patent number: 6533112Abstract: In a packaging (1) for surgical suture material, a thread duct (10) which runs in a wound manner is formed in a base (2), which thread duct opens at its first end (11) to a thread removal zone (3). The base (2) is provided with a cover. The thread removal zone (3) has a recess (24) in the base (2) adjacent to the first end (11) of the thread duct (10), adjacent to which recess a thread tray (26), which faces the first end (11) of the thread duct (10), is located.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Ethicon, GmbHInventor: Henning Warnecke
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Patent number: 6530479Abstract: A housing for suturing tools including a cylindrical housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cylindrical side wall therebetween, and a hollow interior. The cylindrical housing has a central dividing wall disposed within the hollow interior extending between the upper and lower ends. The central dividing wall equally divides the cylindrical housing into a first section and a second section. The cylindrical side wall of the first section has an opening therethrough positioned intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof. The cylindrical side wall of the second section has at least one opening therethrough adjacent to the lower end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Inventor: Alejandro Hernandez
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Publication number: 20030029737Abstract: A suture package is disclosed that is sized and shaped to contain at least one suture. The suture package includes an envelope having a plurality of panels. One of the panels is a pressure panel which functions to urge a suture against another of the panels, thereby immobilizing the suture within the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2001Publication date: February 13, 2003Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.Inventors: Marvin Alpern, Delfin A. Lorenzo Iglesias
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Publication number: 20030010659Abstract: A housing for suturing tools including a cylindrical housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cylindrical side wall therebetween, and a hollow interior. The cylindrical housing has a central dividing wall disposed within the hollow interior extending between the upper and lower ends. The central dividing wall equally divides the cylindrical housing into a first section and a second section. The cylindrical side wall of the first section has an opening therethrough positioned intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof. The cylindrical side wall of the second section has at least one opening therethrough adjacent to the lower end thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventor: Alejandro Hernandez
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Publication number: 20030010655Abstract: A tray package is provided for sutures and needles. The tray package includes a base member which has top and bottom surfaces. A needle park bridge is formed on the top surface and is sized and shaped to receive a needle of a suture. A suture channel is formed on the bottom surface and is sized and shaped to receive a suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: Marvin Alpern
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Publication number: 20030006149Abstract: A suture dispenser box is provided that has an angled design such that the suture dispenser box may be received in at least two differently formatted storage racks. The suture dispenser box has a plurality of panels including at least two panels that have approximately a parallelogram shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2001Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: James J. Rudnick
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Publication number: 20020175091Abstract: A suture package (30) including a panel having a series of superimposed subpanels (32a). A suture (20) loops back and forth on the subpanels (32a) such that adjacent loops are retained on adjacent subpanels (32a) and the adjacent subpanels separate the adjacent loops from one another. In the preferred embodiment, an accordion style panel (32) is utilized and the series of subpanels (32a) are folded into a superimposed relationship. Various features are incorporated to reduce the instances or likelihood of kinking and tangling of the suture (20) when pulled from the package (30) by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: IDX Medical, Ltd.Inventors: Warren P. Williamson, Craig B. Berky, Paul A. Spence, Mark Ortiz
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Patent number: 6481569Abstract: A needle park and method of use of same, wherein a two-point contact, cantilevered member and opposite post member are provided to hold a needle between them, the post member being slit partially, such as perpendicular to or parallel to, the base on which the park sits. Such a slit allows the post member to partially collapse when a needle is inserted, allowing a greater variety of needle diameters to be used. Any curved needle is inserted in the separation between the members so that the needle curves around the post member and away from the two-point contact member.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.Inventor: Marvin Alpern
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Patent number: 6467612Abstract: A dispenser for suture, including a suture reel on which the suture is mounted and an indicator that the suture is soon to be depleted. The indicator can be a visual marking on the suture, or it can be an audible and/or vibratory effect obtained by the dispenser housing interacting with the suture through one or more view ports or by interaction of a follower cam with the reel structure as the suture becomes depleted.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Inventor: David Rosenfeld