A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use and for using the apparatus for treating the intervertebral disc. The apparatus includes a cartridge for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use, the cartridge comprising a tab holding feature for holding one or more tabs of the closing device and a tab loading feature for loading tabs onto the delivery device. A method of treating an intervertebral disc includes the steps of loading a closing device into a delivery device at the point of use, the closing device comprising at least two tabs coupled to a connecting element, and substantially approximating a defect in the intervertebral disc using the closing device delivered by the delivery device.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use. The apparatus may include a cartridge comprising an anchor holding feature for holding one or more anchors of the closing device; and an anchor loading feature for loading the one or more anchors onto the delivery device. The anchors may include tabs such as suture tabs. Embodiments of methods of loading the closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use are also disclosed.

Provided is a system, a device, a cassette for use therein and method for suturing two tissue sections, for example two sections of a tissue, by using a plurality of consecutively-arranged anchoring units.

A suture tray having an upper component with a top surface and a bottom surface is disclosed. The tray also includes a plurality of flexible members integrally coupled to the upper component such that the flexible members have a clearance for assisting easy lift-press mechanism and a lower component having an outer peripheral wall and inner peripheral wall. The outer and inner peripheral wall mate with the upper component to form a winding channel. The tray also includes a secondary female locking member integrally coupled to the inner peripheral wall, the secondary female locking member mates with a secondary male locking member integrally formed on the upper component to additionally lock the assembly.

There is provided a packaging material for a suture thread with needle allowing extraction of the suture thread with needle from the packaging material without the suture thread being entangled, and making it difficult for the suture thread to be scraped at a point of the packaging material when extracting the suture thread with needle stored in the packaging material. The packaging material folded in three or more for storing the suture thread with needle includes a curved cutout part on an end part of the packaging material in an open state. A through-hole for the suture thread is formed by a crease and the curved cutout part when the packaging material is folded so that the curved cutout part is positioned on the inner side of the packaging material), and the suture thread passes through the through-hole when extracting the stored suture thread with needle from the packaging material.