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Package for a multiple of sterile sutures

CA 1098490 A · Owner: American Cyanamid Company · Inventors: Bolanowski, Lelia

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26,515 TITLE: PACKAGE FOR A MULTIPLE OF STERILE SURGICAL SUTURES WITH OR WITHOUT NEEDLES ATTACHED, INVENTOR: Lelia Bolanowski 19 Chipmunk Tr. Bethel, Connecituct, ABSTRACT The package consists of a card which holds the sutures. The sutures are loaded onto the card by holding them on needle retention slits or placing them on a layer of foam and then passing them through suture loading openings into suture retaining holes. When the sutures are longer than the card, the suture loop is held by suture retention slits through doublebackstringing. The card is enclosed in a suture sleeve comprising two needle side flaps and a needle protection flap. When the flaps are opened and the protection flap …

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  • Granted March 31, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 31, 1998.
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FiledMay 19, 1978
GrantedMarch 31, 1981
Term endedMarch 31, 1998
Patent numberCA 1098490 A
Classification (IPC)B65D85/24 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedMay 19, 1978Patent grantedMarch 31, 1981Term endedMarch 31, 1998

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