Breather pouch for surgical suture packages.

摘要

A breather package (30) for surgical elements such as sutures or suture-needle assemblies (32) having a layer of fibrous material (36) and a layer of plastic material (34) forming a pocket therebetween. Longitudinal heat seals (42) and transverse top (44) and bottom (46) seals are provided which form the package (30). The layer of fibrous material (36) is provided with longitudinal strips of release agent material (40) through which the longitudinal heat seals (42) are formed. An apparatus (50) for forming such a package (30) is also disclosed.