Suture display rack and procedure kit
CA 2054444 A1 · Owner: United States Surgical Corporation · Inventors: Holzwarth, Henry A.; Brown, David L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A suture display rack and procedure kit is provided which upon, folding, presents a plurality of slacked suture packages for seriatim review. The suture display rack is a substantially U-shaped structure with a floor portion and two opposing sidewall portions. A longitudinal fold line is provided in the floor portion parallel to the planes formed by the side walls such that, upon folding the side wall portions may be brought into the same horisontal plane to form the base for the suture display rack. The suture packages may be loosely held in the rack or alternatively hinged to a side wall or contained in sheaths for ease of review and removal. The suture display rack may be securely …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 29, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 29, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 29, 2013.
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