Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Patent
1995-02-21
1996-08-27
Jackson, Gary
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
606139, 606148, 606213, 112169, A61B 1700
Patent
active
055496172
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for elevating, approximating and/or restraining internal organs or structures, and more particularly for treating female urinary stress incontinence are provided. The apparatus include an anchoring device having an elongated suture with an anchor at each end thereof and a cinching member therebetween for adjusting the operative length of the suture, an articulating apparatus for applying the anchoring device during an endoscopic or laparoscopic procedure, and an apparatus for drawing the suture relative to the cinching member after it has been emplaced.
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Castro Salvatore
Green David T.
Manzo Scott E.
Ratcliff Keith
Sienkiewicz Henry R.
Jackson Gary
Schmidt Jeffrey A.
United States Surgical Corporation
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