Patent ID: 11883018
Assignee: DURASTAT LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A suturing kit comprising:
a package base including a first suturing device recess, a second suturing device recess and a suture holder recess;
a suture, which is a double-armed suture, having a first end and a second, opposite, end;
a suture holder received in the suture holder recess, the suture holder including an elongate wall defining a suture receiving passage that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and terminates at a suture exit opening, the suture receiving passage having a width at least twice the diameter of the suture and receiving the suture such that the suture is folded over forming a half loop section spaced from the suture exit opening, a first section extending from the half loop section toward the first end, and a second section extending from the half loop section toward the second end, wherein each of the first section and the second section of the suture from adjacent to the half loop section to the suture exit opening within the suture receiving passage are aligned along the longitudinal axis;
a first needle at the first end of the suture and a second needle at the second end;
a first suturing device received in the first suturing device recess, the first suturing device having a portion configured to be inserted into an associated patient during a surgical procedure, the first suturing device including a first needle holder holding the first needle when the first suturing device is received in the first suturing device recess; and
a second suturing device received in the second suturing device recess, the second suturing device being insertable into the associated patient during the surgical procedure wholly separate from the first suturing device, the second suturing device including a second needle holder holding the second needle when the second suturing device is received in the second suturing device recess,
wherein the suture holder received in the suture holder recess, the suture holder is configured to remain outside the associated patient during the surgical procedure.