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Wire coil clamshell package wins DuPont award

Thermoformed medical device package for Arthrex’s surgical wire wins Innovation Award for Perfecseal.

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A thermoformed PETG, three-paneled Wire Coil Clamshell for Arthrex Inc.’s suture passing wire earned Perfecseal, a div. of Bemis Co., a DuPont Packaging Innovation Award from the Packaging & Industrial Polymers’ 23rd DuPont Awards.

The wire, a Class II medical device, is used in surgery to pass sutures through ligaments, cartilage, and bone. Arthrex is a Naples, FL-based provider of products and educational services for orthopaedic surgeons and their patients. The company has developed more than 5,000 products for arthroscopic and minimally invasive orthopaedic surgical procedures as part of its goal to make technically demanding surgical procedures easier, safer, and reproducible. Its products are distributed throughout the U.S. and in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Perfecseal and Arthrex designed the innovative package to overcome the challenges the medical field faces in assembling suture passing wire. Using a three-paneled, thermoformed package design and eliminating the heat-sealed lid, manufacturing times and costs were reduced while aiding medical personnel in easily removing the suture for quick access. The package was launched by Arthrex in the second half of 2010.

According to Perfecseal, the package design enables efficient product assembly and provides protection for the surgical wire during assembly, sterilization, and distribution.

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