| 摘要 |
The invention provides an element for holding a needled suture comprising a suture strand having at least one end attached to a needle and having a first portion of said suture strand remote from the end attached to said needle and a second portion of said suture strand intermediate between said first portion and the end attached to said needle, said element comprising a unitary piece of soft, flexible polymeric foam and said element further comprising (a), a first retaining means for retaining said needle; (b) a second retaining means remote from said first retaining means for retaining said first portion of said suture strand; and (c) securing means remote from said first and second retaining means for frictionally engaging said second portion of said suture strand when said strand is extended relatively tautly from said first retaining means to said securing means to said second retaining means. The invention also provides a suture package which utilizes the above-described element. |
