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Suture package for serving sutures sterile twice

Assignee: Wyeth Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1962-12-14
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Granted: 1965-08-24
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Expires: 1982-12-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Charles T Riall

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 18:59
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/04; A61B17/06; A61B17/06114; A61B17/06133

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 263 words
A SUTURE PACKAGE COMPRISING AN OUTER, SEALED, FLEXIBLE, STRIPPABLE ENVELOPE, DRY AND STERILE ON THE INSIDE, CONTAINING A SECOND, SEALED, FLEXIBLE, STRIPPABLE ENVELOPE, DRY AND STERILE INSIDE AND OUT, CONTAINING AN INNER THIRD, SEALED, FLEXIBLE ENVELOPE, STERILE INSIDE AND OUT, EACH OF SAID ENVELOPES BEING READILY CUTTABLE WITH SCISSORS, IN WHICH THIRD ENVELOPE IS A STERILE SUTURE; WHEREBY THE OUTER ENVELOPE CAN BE STRIPPED TO RELEASE A STERILE DOUBLE WRAPPED SUTURE, BOTH OF WHICH WRAPPINGS MAY BE SEVERED AT A SINGLE PASS BY STERILE SCISSORS, AT A LINE ABOVE THE ENCLOSED SUTURE AND AT SUCH A LOCATION THAT BOTH THE SECOND AND THIRD ENVELOPES ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY CUT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE STERILITY OF THE SUTURE, THE OPERATOR, OR THE SCISSORS, AND THE CONTAINED SUTURE RELEASED FOR STERILE USE; AND ADDITIONALLY WHEREBY A SECOND STERILE STRIPPING MAY OCCUR WHERE A COMPROMISE OF STERILITY OF THE SECOND ENVELOPE IS ENCOUNTERED, AND THE STERILE INNER ENVELOPE RELEASE IN STERILE CONDITION, WHICH ENVELOPE MAY BE OPENED AT A SINGLE PASS BY STERILE SCISSORS, AT A LINE ABOVE THE ENCLOSED SUTURE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE STERILITY OF THE SUTURE, THE OPERATOR, OR THE SCISORS, AND THE CONTAINED SUTURE RELEASED FOR STERILE USE, SAID STRIPPABLE OUTER AND SECOND ENVELOPES BEING STRIPPABLE BY GRASPING ONE OF A PAIR OF PROJECTING EDGES EXTENDING BEYOND THE SEAL LINE OF SUCH ENVELOPE IN EACH HAND AND SEPARATING THE EDGES, THEREBY SEPARATING AT LEAT IN PART THE PERIPHERAL SEAL WHILE RETAINING ANY CONTAMINANTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION ON THE SURFACE OF THE ENVELOPE BEING STRIPPED, AND PEELING THE ENVELOPE BACK, WHEREBY THE CONTENTS ARE STERILELY PRESENTED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 263 words
A SUTURE PACKAGE COMPRISING AN OUTER, SEALED, FLEXIBLE, STRIPPABLE ENVELOPE, DRY AND STERILE ON THE INSIDE, CONTAINING A SECOND, SEALED, FLEXIBLE, STRIPPABLE ENVELOPE, DRY AND STERILE INSIDE AND OUT, CONTAINING AN INNER THIRD, SEALED, FLEXIBLE ENVELOPE, STERILE INSIDE AND OUT, EACH OF SAID ENVELOPES BEING READILY CUTTABLE WITH SCISSORS, IN WHICH THIRD ENVELOPE IS A STERILE SUTURE; WHEREBY THE OUTER ENVELOPE CAN BE STRIPPED TO RELEASE A STERILE DOUBLE WRAPPED SUTURE, BOTH OF WHICH WRAPPINGS MAY BE SEVERED AT A SINGLE PASS BY STERILE SCISSORS, AT A LINE ABOVE THE ENCLOSED SUTURE AND AT SUCH A LOCATION THAT BOTH THE SECOND AND THIRD ENVELOPES ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY CUT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE STERILITY OF THE SUTURE, THE OPERATOR, OR THE SCISSORS, AND THE CONTAINED SUTURE RELEASED FOR STERILE USE; AND ADDITIONALLY WHEREBY A SECOND STERILE STRIPPING MAY OCCUR WHERE A COMPROMISE OF STERILITY OF THE SECOND ENVELOPE IS ENCOUNTERED, AND THE STERILE INNER ENVELOPE RELEASE IN STERILE CONDITION, WHICH ENVELOPE MAY BE OPENED AT A SINGLE PASS BY STERILE SCISSORS, AT A LINE ABOVE THE ENCLOSED SUTURE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE STERILITY OF THE SUTURE, THE OPERATOR, OR THE SCISORS, AND THE CONTAINED SUTURE RELEASED FOR STERILE USE, SAID STRIPPABLE OUTER AND SECOND ENVELOPES BEING STRIPPABLE BY GRASPING ONE OF A PAIR OF PROJECTING EDGES EXTENDING BEYOND THE SEAL LINE OF SUCH ENVELOPE IN EACH HAND AND SEPARATING THE EDGES, THEREBY SEPARATING AT LEAT IN PART THE PERIPHERAL SEAL WHILE RETAINING ANY CONTAMINANTS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION ON THE SURFACE OF THE ENVELOPE BEING STRIPPED, AND PEELING THE ENVELOPE BACK, WHEREBY THE CONTENTS ARE STERILELY PRESENTED.

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