Patent ID: 8573391

Claim:
A suture package comprising: a base including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a plurality of openings extending between said outer and inner surfaces; a lid including an outer surface, an inner surface, and a plurality of posts projecting from said inner surface, wherein said plurality of posts have proximal ends connected with said lid and distal free ends; a hinge interconnecting said lid and said base for moving said suture package between an open configuration and a closed configuration; wherein when said suture package is in the closed configuration said inner surface of said lid is spaced from and opposes said inner surface of said base with the distal free ends of said posts engaging said inner surface of said base at locations that are offset from and adjacent said plurality of openings extending through said base; and at least one suture overlying said inner surface of said base, wherein when said suture package is moved from the closed configuration to the open configuration said plurality of posts are pulled away from the inner surface of said base and said at least one suture overlying said inner surface of said base so that said at least one suture may be removed from said base.