Patent ID: 8383030
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method for making a type of suture package having an interior field for receiving one or more needles and a suture channel at least partially surrounding the interior field, said method comprising the steps of: providing first and second mold portions cooperating to define a mold cavity therebetween when the first and second mold portions are in an abutting relationship to each other, the first mold portion having a first internal mold surface on a side of the first mold portion facing the mold cavity and a first external mold surface on a side of the first mold portion opposite the first internal mold surface the first mold portion defining an opening surrounded thereby and extending from the first internal mold surface to the first external mold surface, the first internal mold surface being arranged to provide shape to the first side of the suture channel, the second mold portion having a second internal mold surface on a side of the second mold portion facing the mold cavity and a second external mold surface on a side of the second mold portion opposite the second internal mold surface, the second internal mold surface being arranged to provide shape to the second side of the suture channel; providing a first insert having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first insert arranged to be removably insertable into the opening defined by the first mold portion from outside of the mold cavity so as to close the opening defined by the first mold portion, and so that the first surface of the first insert completes the first internal mold surface and the second surface of the first insert completes the first external mold surface, the first surface of the first insert being arranged to provide shape to a first side of a first type of interior field; providing an alternative first insert having an alternative first surface and an alternative second surface opposite the alternative first surface the alternative first insert arranged to be removably insertable into the opening interchangeably with the first insert from outside of the mold cavity so as to close the opening and so that the alternative first surface of the alternative first insert completes the first internal mold surface and the alternative second surface of the alternative first insert completes the first external mold surface, the alternative first surface of the alternative first insert being arranged to provide shape to the first side of a second type of interior field that has a different shape than the first type of the interior field; placing the first and second mold portions in the abutting relationship to each other so that the first and second mold portions define the mold cavity; inserting the first insert into the opening defined by the first mold portion from outside of the mold cavity so as to close the opening defined by the first mold portion and complete the first internal mold surface.