| 摘要 |
<p>Suture packages are described which have a plastics base unit defining a circular or elongate track for receiving a suture thread. The track is formed between two generally flat components 1, 2 which may be fixed together to define the track and where the periphery of one of the components is formed 10 of a resilient flexible edging material 15 configured to lie against the other of the generally flat components to define the outer edge of the channel containing the suture. One of the moulded plastics components may have formations moulded therein adapted to constitute a needle park for the needle of an armed suture. The needle park preferably consists of two spaced apart stop members and a resiliently mounted arm having an end adapted to press a needle bridging the two stop members against those two stop members, and wherein the end of the arm is movable to enable insertion of a needle into, or removal of a needle from, the needle park in a direction parallel to the plane of the track.</p> |
