Patent ID: 6076659
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A package for surgical suture material, having a base sheet (1) and a spiral wall extending from said base sheet, said wall defining a thread duct (5) which opens at its first end (6) into a thread-removal area (7), and having a cover (9) for the thread duct (5), the wall (3) being provided on its outward-facing side (10) with thread-deflector protrusions (12) spaced apart from one another in the course of the thread duct (5) wherein said cover (9) has a lip (14) matched to the course of the wall (3), which lip rests against the outward-facing side (10) of the wall (3) in the thread duct (5) and is provided in the region of the thread-deflector protrusions (12) with recesses (15) into which the thread-deflector protrusions (12) project.