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Abstract

Featured is a package or carrier for releasably holding any of a number of medical devices including a rigid member that is interconnected to a flexible member such as suture-needle combinations. The package includes a support unit having a long axis, which support unit is configured so as to include a handle/cover member, a face cover member, a stationary panel, a plurality of folding panels, and a plurality (i.e., two or more) of securing members that releasably secure or retain portions of the medical device and/or portions of the interconnected flexible member to the package. The handle/cover member is foldable in either of two positions. In the first position a part of the handle/cover member covers a portion of the stationary panel that is not covered by the face cover member. In the second position, this portion of the stationary panel becomes uncovered to expose the medical devices that are secured therein and. When the handle cover member is folded into the second position, it also is relocated so as to create a handle for the package and so a portion of the rigid member extends beyond an edge of the open package. The support unit can further include thereon a mounting member to releasably retain the rigid member. Also featured are medical device kits embodying such a package, a method for dispensing medical devices or sutures using such a package and methods related thereto.

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