Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Patent
1996-10-08
1998-02-10
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
606139, 606144, A61B 1704
Patent
active
057163693
ABSTRACT:
A plug for use in minimally invasive surgery which includes recesses for facilitating suturing of a trocar insertion site. The plug may be inserted in an axial bore of a separate gripper housing, and fixed in place by the gripping structure of the housing or a first end of the plug may be inserted directly into the trocar insertion site after a trocar is removed. The plug is provided with a pair of opposed, longitudinally extending recesses formed in the outer surface thereof. Each recess extends from a second end of the plug to a point between the first end and the second end of the plug. The recess may cooperate to form a single slot in the plug defined by a pair of axially extending arms. The plug is also provided with reinforcing segments which extend between the arms for stabilization.
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Kamm William E.
Layno Carl H.
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