Patent ID: 6854598
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: A01K,A61B

Abstract:
1. A container for holding curved needles such as surgical suture needles or fishhooks wherein the base of the container is in a plate form surrounded by edges, characterized in that side fixation hooks for fixing both sides of the center part of the needle in its longitudinal direction, the needle project in pairs from the surface of a bottom plate, a center fixation hook for fixing the center of needle in its longitudinal direction also projects between and a little away from the side fixation hooks from the surface of the bottom plate, (the upper part in its longitudinal direction of the center fixation hook extends to be located between the side fixation hooks, springy material is used for the center fixation hook, the upper parts in the longitudinal direction of the center fixation hook and the side fixation hooks bend to face each other, the inner part formed by the bending is referred to as a channel, and the tip point of the needle in the longitudinal direction falls down securely to a fixed direction because the needle is pushed to the channel of the side fixation hooks by the springy force when a needle is inserted from the upper part of the center fixation hook, and the upper part of the center fixation hook bends as much as the thickness of the needle.