Folder package for electrosurgical scissors
US5601189A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B18/1442
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A folder package for a electrosurgical scissors. The package has a base panel having a pair of substantially opposed major sides and a pair of substantially opposed minor sides. Foldably connected to a top minor side of the base panel is a scissors retention panel. The scissors retention panel is preferably foldably connected along a crushed fold line. The scissors retention panel has a base or bottom section, and an intermediate middle section and a top. The scissors retaining panel has a pair of opposed outwardly extending tab panels. Each tab panel has a pair of crushed fold lines contained therein. Extending from the top of the scissor retaining panel is a tab member. The tab has a U-shaped slit forming a retention tab and an opening. An additional slit at the end of the tab member intersects the U-shaped slit and divides the end of the tab member adjacent to the top of the U-shaped slit into opposed L-shaped members.
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