William Robert Reinhardt

US Patent:

60216255, Feb 8, 2000

Filed:

Nov 24, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/199086

Inventors:

Robert J. Cerwin - Pipersville PA
Robert A. Daniele - Flemington NJ
Clifford Dey - Flemington NJ
J. Mark Findlay - San Angelo TX
Konstantin Ivanov - Bound Brook NJ
Matthew E. Krever - New Brunswick NJ
Jervis P. Lynch - Iselin NJ
Robert Nunez - Asbury NJ
William R. Reinhardt - Belle Mead NJ
Mehmet Reyhan - E. Windsor NJ
David Szabo - Branchburg NJ
Manfred Reiser - Winnenden-Hertmannsweiler, DE
Rolf Grotehusmann - Michelfeld, DE
Manfred Hild - Schorndorf, DE
Bernhard Frey - Backnang, DE

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

B65B 5502

US Classification:

53425

Abstract:

A process for applying a biobarrier member to a vent opening in a foil member used for medical device packaging. The process provides for cutting a biobarrier member from a roll of stock and sealing the biobarrier member about the vent opening in the foil member. The seal is tested for integrity and the biobarrier member is tested for porosity.

US Patent:

58330550, Nov 10, 1998

Filed:

Mar 29, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/623874

Inventors:

Robert J. Cerwin - Pipersville PA
Clifford A. Dey - San Angelo TX
John M. Findlay - San Angelo TX
Konstantin K. Ivanov - Bound Brook NJ
Robert Nunez - Asbury NJ
Donald Pompei - Montville NJ
William R. Reinhardt - Belle Mead NJ
Mehmet Reyhan - E. Windsor NJ
David A. Szabo - Branchburg NJ

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Summerville NJ

International Classification:

A61B 1706

US Classification:

206 633

Abstract:

A package for maintaining a needle-suture product in a sterile condition includes a peelable foil container in which a peripheral heat seal defines a cavity for retaining a suture packet. The packet has a plastic tray and a stiff paper lid secured to the tray by hinged paper cleats extending into sockets in the tray. The lid covers most of the area of the tray, leaving an uncovered portion for accessing a needle mounted in the tray. A suture attached to the needle is coiled in a peripheral track in the tray so that an extended length of suture material can be retained in a relatively small space. The container has top and bottom aluminum foils with differentiated polymeric coatings on their interior surfaces, which are thermally fused to form the seal. Unsealed foil flaps are provided at one end of the container to enable peeling apart the foils to open the package.