IL35218A

IL35218A - Sterile suture package and method of making it

Info

Publication number: IL35218A
Application number: IL35218A
Authority: IL
Original assignee: Philip Morris Inc
Priority date: 1969-09-08
Filing date: 1970-09-03
Publication date: 1974-11-29
Also published as: CH520507A; IL35218A0; ES190504Y; FR2060665A5; ZA705985B; US3627120A; DE2044486A1; BE755341A; CA923465A; ES190504U; GB1327824A

Description

OP MAKING SUTURE PACKAGE Abstract of the Disclosure A sterile suture package and method of assembling comprising a double panel cardboard holder with the suture coiled around a pair of spaced openings in a first one of the and that panel having pair of one at each side of the coil engaging over the suture rends at the corresponding the other panel having a pair of tabs complemental respectively to the holes In the first panel each tab being adapted to be pushed through the corresponding hole in the first panel and being tioned and shaped to extend beyond the edge of the hole and interlock releasably the two panels together until use of the suture when the folded panels are opened and the coiled suture exposed for progressive Field of the Invention The present invention concerns a suture package i which a suture mounted in a arrangement on card for storage and for dispensing a sterile prior art discloses a great variety of suture packages of that general type directed to various practical problems such as methods of initially applying the suture to the support and securing maintaining the strands in an orderly arrangement during handling and distribution of the package and insuring that the strand may be withdrawn for use in an untangled unkinked The following hole and form an interlocking means between the panels and maintain the coil in its initially formed The suture panel also has a pair of opposed tabs extending longitudinally of the panel one at each side of the coil and adapted to engage over the strands of the coil at each to aid in maintaining the coiled When in use the needle panel is lifted and the interlocking tabs withdrawn from the The arrangement as a whole simple and easy to assemble and in maintaining the suture in orderly untangled and unklnked form during handling of the package and during the progressive withdrawal of the suture in Various additional features and advantages will become apparent considering the specific embodiment closed in the in FIGURE 1 is a view of the cardboard holder prior to the application of the FIGURE 2 is a view with the suture applied in coiled FIGURE shows the one panel Oyer onto the suture panel and interlocked the panel to which the suture is applied being uppermost in this versed from FIGURE and FIGURE 4 is a longitudinal vie with the suture anel for example about 12 It scored or serrated or otherwise weakened along a mid line 12 to divide the cardboard into two panels 13 and preferably of equal else which may be folded together in book form along the line panel 14 is provided with a pair of openings 15 spaced longitudinally of the panel the outer edge of the openings 16 being to conform with the ends of the coils of the suture 17 mounted on the The suture may be coiled about the openings by any practical method but conveniently it may be by placing the panel 14 on a fixture having a pair of fingers ing upwardly through the openings and winding the suture in open form about the two completion thereof the fingers are separated from the openings 15 leaving the coil in the condition shown in Figure he end of the suture may be engaged in one or the other of the pair of slits The panel 13 has flexible tab 23 conveniently formed by appropriate in the cardboard panel and the or forward end of the suture may be or if a needle 24 is attached the needle is engaged thereunder as shown Figure As an aid in maintaining the position of the colled suture on panel 1 the is provided with pair of opposed tabs 26 extending longitudinally of the panel 14 and adapted flexibly to engage and overlie the longitudinal strands of the suture The tabs 26 may simply and conveniently formed by cuts the panel 14 as indicated at 27 in Figure As a convenient means in arranging the dinal strands under the tabs 26 the two groups of strands initially may overlie the respective tabs then by pressing the center portions of the groups of strands toward each Other the tabs may be temporarily bent upwardly from underneath by fixture elements and after the center portions of the strands are released from the nward pressure the flaps are released to fold down over the respective groups of This latter step may of course be performed simultaneously with the separation of the panel from the fingers over which the ends of the are The panel 13 as shown particularly in Figure 2 is provided with a pair of opposed tabs 28 conveniently formed by 29 the cardboard panel the tabs 28 being complemental to or adapted to register with th holes 15 of the panel The suture been formed on the panel 14 as disclosed in Figure the 13 is then folded over and the tabs 28 pressed through the tive openings It will be noted particularly as shown in Figure 4 that the tabs are so positioned and have a length relative to the holes 15 that upon being pushed through the openings 15 the outer lip or edge 30 of each extends inwardly beyond the edge 31 of hole so as to flexibly interlock between the two panels with the ends 32 of the coiled suture maintained outside the tabs It should be understood that the term as employed herein refers to strands of suitable material commonly employed for the purpose such as catgut or polymeric plastic and includes strands commonly referred as The final package as disclosed in Figures 3 and will be enclosed a sealed envelope under sterile conditions and a tubing fluid within the as is common The texture of the card Is such as to absorb the tubing fluid keeping the suture soft and pliable during periods of In use the package of Figure after withdrawal from one or more enclosing is opened by grasping the edges opposite to the hinge 12 and ing th package to a suitable extent by withdrawing the flexible tabs 28 from the holes to a position such shown in Figure 2 where the user may grasp the needle or the forward end of the suture as the case may with forceps and pulling on the suture unwinds the coils the tabs 28 helping to control and maintain the suture in free running untangled Since various changes may be made in certain details of the suture package and the method of assembling it shown and described herein without departing from the general insufficientOCRQuality

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS I

1. A suture package comprising a first panel and a second panel, a pair of spaced holes In said first panel,, said second panel having a pair of tabs compleraen-tal to the holes In said first panel and arranged when the panels are superposed to project through the respective holes, said tabs having a length sufficient to extend beyond the edge of the corresponding hole thereby to lock the panels together in face-to-face relation, and a suture coiled around said tabs with strands extending therebetween enclosed between the panels.

2. A suture package in accordance with claim 1 in which said tabs are flexible permitting the panels to be separated with the suture coll exposed on the surface of said first panel.

3. A suture package in accordance with claim 1 in which said panels comprise a common integral sheet with a fold line at a common edge area.

4. A suture package in accordance with claim 1 in whch the tabs extend toward each other in Opposed relation and the suture colls have end loops around the tabs exposed exteriorly of the package through said holes in the first panel.

5. A suture package in accordance with claim 1 in which said tabs comprise portions of the sheet defined by slits therein.

6. • 6. A suture in accordance with claim 1 in which said first panel has longitudinal tabs engaged over the strands extending between said tabs of the second panel·

7. A suture in accordance with claim 6 in which said longitudinal tabs comprise an opposed pair defined by arc-shaped slits in said first panel the < dges of the tabs extending over the suture strands being curved. .

8. A suture package comprisin a first panel of sheet material having a pair of spaced holes therein, a suture coiled on the surface thereof with end loops extending around the respective holes, a second panel of flexible sheet material superposed over said suture coil having a pair of opposed tabs complemental to said holes, said tabs being pushed through the respective holes thereby to engage within the respective end loops and maintain the coiled condition of the suture, and said tabs having a length to extend beyond the inner edge of the respective hole to releasably lock the panels together.

9. A method of packaging a suture comprising colling the suture on the surface of a first card portion around a pair of spaced holes therein with end loops around each hole, applying thereover a second card portion having a pair of opposed flexible tabs complemental to said holes, forcing the tabs through the respective holes and engaging the tabs through the said end Loops, the tabs being preformed to have a length sufficient to extend inwardly beyond the inner edges of the holes thereby to lock the card portions together.

10. A method of packaging a suture comprising forming an open coll of the suture on the surface of a flexible card with a pair of opposed groups of longitudinally extending strands, said card having a pair of opposed flaps extending longitudinally of the card, the suture is initially formed having one group of longitudinally extending strands overlying one flap and another group overlying the other flap, compressing the two groups toward each other at their mid portion and bending the flaps upwardly free of said groups, then releasing the groups from said compression and thereafter releasing the flaps from the upward bending thereby to permit the flaps to engage over the respective groups of suture strands.