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US2470494A
US2470494A US761064A US76106447A US2470494A US 2470494 A US2470494 A US 2470494A US 761064 A US761064 A US 761064A US 76106447 A US76106447 A US 76106447A US 2470494 A US2470494 A US 2470494A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/04Surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06114Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures
    • A61B17/06119Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures of cylindrical shape
    • A61B17/06128Elongate cylinders, i.e. tubes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/04Surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06114Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures
    • A61B17/06119Packages or dispensers for needles or sutures of cylindrical shape
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B50/00Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers
    • A61B50/30Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
    • A61B2050/3005Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments containing a preservative liquid, e.g. an antiseptic liquid

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  • This. invention relates to theppacka'ging of 4 sealed suture tubes, and particularly relates to a package containing sealed suture tubes wherein the tubes are maintained in a sterile. condition and breakage of the tubes in transit is minimized.
  • the outside surface of the glass tubes are not sterile as the tubes are received by the surgeon or hospital, and it is necessary that the exterior v of the suture tubes be sterilized before the tubes are opened in order that the sutures may not become contaminated asthey are removed from the opened tubes.
  • the established practice used by surgeons and hospitals for sterilizing the outside surfaces of the tubes when non-boilable sutures are used has been to .wash the exteriors of the tubes with germicidal soap and water or other 'solvent, followed by rinsing and drying. The tubes are then placed in a sterile glass storage jar, and a sterilizing solution is poured over them; the jar is then covered. It has been found necessary to place the tubes in a sterilizing solu- I tion at least 18 hours before they are to be opened.
  • 70 per cent alcohol have been found satisfactory as sterilizing solutions because the tubes will sink and remain submerged as their specific gravity is greater than that of 70 per cent alcohol. It is customary to add an additional bactericidal agent to the 70 per cent alcohol solution, and,
  • Aqueous solutions of the above bactericidal opened and used in the operating room without.
  • Fig. 1 represents a sideelevatlon of an assembled hermetically sealed container containing suture tubes and sterilizing solution
  • Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the container showing the suture tubes and sterilizing solution; and j Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section of the assembled container along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
  • the objects of this invention are, accomplished by packaging a plurality of suture tubes immersed tubing fluid 20 areimmersedin a sterilizing solution 22 contained in a container body l2 which is hermetically sealed to the container lid M.
  • the preferred type of container is preferably fabricated of metal '.and provided with a friction closure which has the advantage of lessening losses of the sterilizing solutionby evaporation after the container has been opened initially. This type of closure also decreases the possibility of-contamination of the,
  • the assembled unit I be hermetically sealed and that it be fabricated in such a manner that it may be conveniently opened: one satisfactory fabrication is to have a key-tear-strip combination opening element 24 as shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the tubes l8 solution used in the container may be an alcoholic solution containing approximately 70 per cent alcohol and a germicidal agent such as potassium mercuric iodide, formaldehyde, or iodine and sodium iodide.
  • a sterilizing solution found particularly satisfactory consists of 70% isopropyl alcohol, 1% formaldehyde, 0.1% sodium nitrite, 0.1% sodium bicarbonate, and water (1. s. ad 100%.
  • the sodium nitrite and sodium bicarbonate serve as rust inhibitors, reducing corrosion of the metal container wall by the teril- '4 container and details of composition of the sterilizing solution without departing from the spirit of the invention which isnot limited in respect to such matters or otherwise-than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.
  • a shippin package of glass suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a. plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes in substantially parallel relaizing liquid.
  • This type of sterilizing so ution a (which is claimed in my copending application Serial No. 79,888, filed March 5, 1949) is particularly advantageous since it is self-sterilizing and therefore maintains the tubes in a sterile condition at all times. If the tubes are not opened and used within a short periodof time, evaporation losses of the stetrilizing fluid may occur; more sterilizing solution may then be added to bring the volume of the said solution to a satisfactory level.
  • the hermetically sealed tubes and sterilizing liquid may be transported or shipped without losses occurring through breakage of the tubes.
  • the sterilizing liquid in the container acts as a hydraulic cushioning agent and prevents breakage of the tubes which would otherwise occur in shipping as a result of ordinary and normal handling shocks.
  • a fibrous mat such as beer mat stock. in the shape of a circular disk may be placed inside the container at each end to cushion the ends of the tubes which are normally the weakest points and at which breakage most often occurs.
  • a shipping package of rigid but frangible hermetically sealed tubes adapted to be ruptured for removal of the contained material, whose outer surfaces are sterile. and which are ready for immediate surgical or medical use of the contained material upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising in combination: a hermetically sealed container; a plurality of such tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said container said tubes being movable within said container without substantial disturbance of their parallel relation and subject in the normal use of a package to direct impact one against another; and a sterilizing as liquid surrounding and substantially covering the ilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of glass suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a hermetically sealed, substantially rigid container of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said container; and a sterilizing liquid surrounding and completely covering the tubes and filling a substantial proportion of the volume of said container: whereby the tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the stetrilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes from thea plurality, of hermeticallyhermetically sealed glass tubes adapted to be ruptured for removal of the contained material,
  • said package comprising: a substantially rigid liquidand-gas-tight sealed shipping container of substantially uniform horizontal cross section; a plurality of such tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said container, said tubes being movable within the container without substantial disturbance of their parallel relation and subject in the normal use of the package to direct glass-to-glass impact one against another; and a sterilizing liquid having a specific gravity less than the apparent specific gravity of the tubes, surrounding and substantially covering the tubes and substantially filling the container, whereby said tubes, notwithstanding the possibility of said glass-to-glass impact, are hudraulically cushioned against the shock of such impact during shipment and maintained continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising a substantially rigid and substantially infrangible' container of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said container andhermetically sealed therewithin, said tubes being movable within the container without substantial disturbance of their parallel relation; and a steriliZing liquid surrounding and substantially covering said tubes and filling a substantial proportion of the volume of the container, whereby the tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of glass suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes fromthe package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a hermetically sealed, substantially infrangible container having substantially rigid side walls and opposed resilient ends, said container being 'of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said container; and a sterilizing liquid surrounding and completely covering the tubes and filling a substantial proportion of the volume of the container, whereby the tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of rigid but frangible hermetically sealed glass tubes adapted to be ruptured for removal of the contained material, whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical or medical use of the contained material upon removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a substantially infrangible rigid, gas-and-liquid-tight sealed shipping container of substantially uniform horizontal cross section; a plurality of such tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within tained continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of rigid but frangible hermetically sealed tubes adapted to be ruptured for removal of the contained material, whose outer surfaces are sterile, and which are ready for immediate surgical or medical use of the contained material upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising in combination: a hermetically sealed metal can; a plurality of such tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said can; and a sterilizing liquid surrounding and substantially covering said tubes and filling a substantial proportion of the volume of said can, whereby said tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of rigid but frangible hermetically sealed tubes adapted to be ruptured for removal of the contained material, whose outer surfaces are sterile, and which are ready for immediate surgical or medical use of the, contained material upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising in combination: a hermetically sealed metal can of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of such tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said can, said tubes being movable within the can without substantial disturbance of their parallel relation; and a sterilizing liquid surrounding and completely covering said tubes and filling a substantial proportion of the volume of said can, whereby the tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a hermetically sealed metal can of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said can; and a stetrilizing liquid surrounding said tubes, substantially covering the tubes and substantially filling the can, whereby said tubes are hydraulically cushioned against shock and continuously under the effective influence of the sterilizing liquid.
  • a shipping package of suture tubes whose outer surfaces are sterile and which are ready for immediate surgical use of the contained sutures upon the removal of the tubes from the package at shipping destination, said package comprising: a hermetically sealed metal can of substantially uniform horizontal cross-section; a plurality of hermetically sealed glass suture tubes vertically sustained in substantially parallel relation within said .can, said tubes being movable Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,470,494. May 17, 1949.

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US2542957A (en) * 1948-10-08 1951-02-20 Davis & Geck Inc Composite package
US2643764A (en) * 1949-05-13 1953-06-30 Davis & Geck Inc Rectangular package of surgical articles in sterilizing liquid
US2643765A (en) * 1949-09-24 1953-06-30 Armour & Co Suture package
US2682857A (en) * 1951-10-03 1954-07-06 Ethicon Inc Leakage indicator system
US2702627A (en) * 1953-01-06 1955-02-22 Ethicon Suture Lab Inc Packaging and handling sutures
US2798601A (en) * 1955-04-14 1957-07-09 American Cyanamid Co Shipping package for suture tubes
US2935189A (en) * 1957-05-31 1960-05-03 Frederic D Barton Stop leak package
US2945697A (en) * 1957-08-16 1960-07-19 Speidel Corp Means for rendering tape recorders and the like operative under high acceleration and deceleration conditions
US3009566A (en) * 1959-08-07 1961-11-21 Robert L Oakley Free fall aerial delivery container for liquids
US3288343A (en) * 1964-07-30 1966-11-29 Owens Illinois Inc Shipping cartons for frangible articles and method for use
US20040221553A1 (en) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-11 Rapp Robert James Fluid shock absorbing/momentum dampen-ER and shock absorbing/momentum dampening system for packaging delicate objects and equipment

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US799166A (en) * 1904-09-09 1905-09-12 Johnson & Johnson Package for surgical ligatures.
US1983031A (en) * 1930-05-02 1934-12-04 Parker White And Heyl Inc Sterilizing composition
US1997443A (en) * 1933-06-22 1935-04-09 Arthur L Waugh Ligature package
US2006045A (en) * 1932-07-27 1935-06-25 Nat Can Company Sheet metal can and rip strip therefor
US2051349A (en) * 1935-05-10 1936-08-18 Novocol Chemical Mfg Co Inc Device for preserving local anesthetic solutions
US2142707A (en) * 1937-12-10 1939-01-03 Jensen Salsbery Lab Inc Ligature or suture package
US2318379A (en) * 1941-04-17 1943-05-04 Walter S Davis Suture package

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US799166A (en) * 1904-09-09 1905-09-12 Johnson & Johnson Package for surgical ligatures.
US1983031A (en) * 1930-05-02 1934-12-04 Parker White And Heyl Inc Sterilizing composition
US2006045A (en) * 1932-07-27 1935-06-25 Nat Can Company Sheet metal can and rip strip therefor
US1997443A (en) * 1933-06-22 1935-04-09 Arthur L Waugh Ligature package
US2051349A (en) * 1935-05-10 1936-08-18 Novocol Chemical Mfg Co Inc Device for preserving local anesthetic solutions
US2142707A (en) * 1937-12-10 1939-01-03 Jensen Salsbery Lab Inc Ligature or suture package
US2318379A (en) * 1941-04-17 1943-05-04 Walter S Davis Suture package

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2542957A (en) * 1948-10-08 1951-02-20 Davis & Geck Inc Composite package
US2643764A (en) * 1949-05-13 1953-06-30 Davis & Geck Inc Rectangular package of surgical articles in sterilizing liquid
US2643765A (en) * 1949-09-24 1953-06-30 Armour & Co Suture package
US2682857A (en) * 1951-10-03 1954-07-06 Ethicon Inc Leakage indicator system
US2702627A (en) * 1953-01-06 1955-02-22 Ethicon Suture Lab Inc Packaging and handling sutures
US2798601A (en) * 1955-04-14 1957-07-09 American Cyanamid Co Shipping package for suture tubes
US2935189A (en) * 1957-05-31 1960-05-03 Frederic D Barton Stop leak package
US2945697A (en) * 1957-08-16 1960-07-19 Speidel Corp Means for rendering tape recorders and the like operative under high acceleration and deceleration conditions
US3009566A (en) * 1959-08-07 1961-11-21 Robert L Oakley Free fall aerial delivery container for liquids
US3288343A (en) * 1964-07-30 1966-11-29 Owens Illinois Inc Shipping cartons for frangible articles and method for use
US20040221553A1 (en) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-11 Rapp Robert James Fluid shock absorbing/momentum dampen-ER and shock absorbing/momentum dampening system for packaging delicate objects and equipment

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