Method for making sterile suture packages

A method for making sterile suture packages employs a frame assembly line, a sterilization line and a blanker/cartoner line. A web of foil is advanced in a series of movements through the frame assembly line to assemble a frame containing needle-suture assemblies in a plurality of cavities in the fr...

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Hauptverfasser:	DEY, CLIFFORD A, SZABO, DAVID A, NUNEZ, ROBERT, IVANOV, KONSTANTIN K, REYHAN, MEHMET, FINDLAY, J. MARK, POMPEI, DONALD, CERWIN, ROBERT J, REINHARDT, WILLIAM R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES CONVEYING DIAGNOSIS DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS STORING SURGERY TRANSPORTING UNPACKING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for making sterile suture packages employs a frame assembly line, a sterilization line and a blanker/cartoner line. A web of foil is advanced in a series of movements through the frame assembly line to assemble a frame containing needle-suture assemblies in a plurality of cavities in the frame, the frame having top and bottom aluminum foils with heat seal coatings on their facing surfaces. The cavities are formed in the bottom foil of each frame by a combination of pressurized air and mechanical plugs which are forced against the bottom foil and an underlying die having recesses for defining the cavities. A blanking operation following sterilization and sealing separates individual packages, each containing one needle-suture assembly, from the frame. The packages are then conveyed by belts through inspection stations and reoriented for loading into shipping cartons.