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Arthrex enjoys multiple benefits from Wire Coil Clamshell package

Labor savings, material savings, and environmental gains award Arthrex for its thermoformed medical device package.

Pw 1749 Arthrex Perfecseal

Arthrex Inc. has developed more than 5,000 products for arthroscopic and minimally invasive orthopaedic surgical procedures designed to make demanding surgical procedures safer and more reproducible. What the Naples, FL-based company doesn’t tout on its Web site, however, is its wisdom in packaging some of these medical devices.

Take, for example, the thermoformed PETG, three-paneled Wire Coil Clamshell pack it employs for suture-passing wire used in surgery to pass sutures through ligaments, cartilage, and bone. Launched late last year, the package earned Perfecseal, a div. of Bemis Co., a DuPont Packaging Innovation Award from the Packaging & Industrial Polymers’ 23rd DuPont Awards.

“We’ve worked with Perfecseal for about seven years, so that speaks to our relationship,” states Stephanie Riley, a packaging engineer at Arthrex. “The PETG provides clarity, is easy to validate for regulatory purposes, and the blue tint provides an appealing look in the medical device field. We use the package for different wires of varying lengths and materials.”

Perfecseal and Arthrex designed the innovative package to overcome the challenges manufacturing faces in assembling suture-passing wire. Using a three-paneled, thermoformed package design eliminated the need for a heat-sealed lid on a previous package. That reduced not only the cost of the material, but the labor and energy expenses of sealing each pack, which is considerable given that Arthrex sells nearly 100,000 of these units annually around the globe.

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