Patent ID: 6039176
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical suture holder comprising in combination:a bracket constructed of material having a thickness, the bracket being so configured and constructed as to define there through at least one elongate slot having a length and a width and having the depth which is the thickness of the bracket material;a coil spring having a length and a diameter, the diameter of the spring being slightly less than the width of the slot in the bracket and being greater than the depth of the slot in the bracket; andmeans securing the spring in the slot with one longitudinal side portion of the spring extending outwardly from the surface of the bracket a distance sufficient for sutures to be inserted between coils of the spring;the bracket, spring and spring securing means being so configured, constructed and assembled as to as to maintain the coils of the spring in conntact with rigid support structure for preventing the spring from bowing and to prevent sutures from wrapping around one or more coils of the spring, and to enable sutures to be inserted between spring coils against bias of one spring coil toward an adjacent coil to removably hold the suture in a position adjacent a surgical operating field for easy selection and removal by the surgeon or surgical assistant.