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A breather package for surgical elements such as sutures or suture-needle assemblies having a layer of fibrous material and a layer of plastic material forming a pocket therebetween. Longitudinal heat seals and transverse top and bottom seals are provided which form the package. The layer of fibrous

A breather package for surgical elements such as sutures or suture-needle assemblies having a layer of fibrous material and a layer of plastic material forming a pocket therebetween. Longitudinal heat seals and transverse top and bottom seals are provided which form the package. The layer of fibrous material is provided with longitudinal strips of release agent material through which the longitudinal heat seals are formed. An apparatus for forming such a package is also disclosed.

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A method for packaging surgical elements, said method comprising: providing a web of fibrous material in sheet form, said web having a release agent applied thereon in at least two continuous longitudinal strips, said strips beginning at a first longitudinal edge of web material and being spaced at

A method for packaging surgical elements, said method comprising: providing a web of fibrous material in sheet form, said web having a release agent applied thereon in at least two continuous longitudinal strips, said strips beginning at a first longitudinal edge of web material and being spaced at regular identical intervals across said web, said strips ending at a second longitudinal edge of said web; providing a web of plastic material having substantially the same width as said web of fibrous material; forming rows of recesses in said plastic material at regular intervals for accepting surgical elements to be packaged; advancing said plastic web; placing said surgical elements at regular intervals in said recesses; advancing said fibrous web into overlying relation with said plastic web, said surgical elements being disposed between said webs, said recesses in said plastic web being aligned between said release agent strips; activating said release agent to releasably secure said plastic web to said fibrous web longitudinally along each of said release agent strips; heat sealing said plastic web directly to said fibrous web transversely from said first longitudinal edge to said second longitudinal edge to enclose surgical elements individually; and cutting said webs at said seals to form individual packages.