Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture

Metal working – Fence barb making

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Reexamination Certificate

active

08032996

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for cutting barbs into a suture having a filament supply. The apparatus also has an in-feed collet for holding one end of a filament threaded therethrough. Further the apparatus has an out-feed collet for holding a second end of a filament threaded therethrough. Additionally, the apparatus has a holder positioned between said in-feed and out-feed collets for holding a filament suspended between the in-feed and out-feed collets. The apparatus also has a cutting assembly for cutting barbs in the filament tensioned between the in-feed and out-feed collets.

REFERENCES:
patent: 709392 (1902-09-01), Brown
patent: 733723 (1903-07-01), Lukens
patent: 789401 (1905-05-01), Acheson
patent: 816026 (1906-03-01), Meier
patent: 879758 (1908-02-01), Foster
patent: 1142510 (1915-06-01), Engle
patent: 1248825 (1917-12-01), Dederer
patent: 1321011 (1919-11-01), Cottes
patent: 1558037 (1925-10-01), Morton
patent: 1728316 (1929-09-01), Wachenfeldt
patent: 1886721 (1932-11-01), O'Brien
patent: 2094578 (1937-10-01), Blumenthal
patent: 2201610 (1940-05-01), Dawson, Jr.
patent: 2232142 (1941-02-01), Schumann
patent: 2254620 (1941-09-01), Miller
patent: 2347956 (1944-05-01), Lansing
patent: 2355907 (1944-08-01), Cox
patent: 2421193 (1947-05-01), Gardner
patent: 2472009 (1949-05-01), Gardner
patent: 2480271 (1949-08-01), Sumner
patent: 2572936 (1951-10-01), Kulp
patent: 2684070 (1954-07-01), Kelsey
patent: 2779083 (1957-01-01), Eaton
patent: 2814296 (1957-11-01), Everett
patent: 2817339 (1957-12-01), Sullivan
patent: 2866256 (1958-12-01), Matlin
patent: 2910067 (1959-10-01), White
patent: 2988028 (1961-06-01), Alcamo
patent: 3003155 (1961-10-01), Mielzynski
patent: 3068869 (1962-12-01), Shelden
patent: 3068870 (1962-12-01), Levin
patent: 3123077 (1964-03-01), Alcamo
patent: 3166072 (1965-01-01), Sullivan
patent: 3187752 (1965-06-01), Glick
patent: 3206018 (1965-09-01), Lewis
patent: 3209652 (1965-10-01), Burgsmueller
patent: 3209754 (1965-10-01), Brown
patent: 3214810 (1965-11-01), Mathison
patent: 3221746 (1965-12-01), Noble
patent: 3234636 (1966-02-01), Brown
patent: 3273562 (1966-09-01), Brown
patent: 3352191 (1967-11-01), Crawford
patent: 3378010 (1968-04-01), Codling
patent: 3385299 (1968-05-01), Le Roy
patent: 3494006 (1970-02-01), Brumlik
patent: 3525340 (1970-08-01), Gilbert
patent: 3527223 (1970-09-01), Shein
patent: 3545608 (1970-12-01), Berger
patent: 3570497 (1971-03-01), Lemole
patent: 3586002 (1971-06-01), Wood
patent: 3608095 (1971-09-01), Barry
patent: 3608539 (1971-09-01), Miller
patent: 3646615 (1972-03-01), Ness
patent: 3683926 (1972-08-01), Suzuki
patent: 3700433 (1972-10-01), Duhl
patent: 3716058 (1973-02-01), Tanner, Jr.
patent: 3720055 (1973-03-01), deMestral
patent: 3825010 (1974-07-01), McDonald
patent: 3833972 (1974-09-01), Brumlik
patent: 3845641 (1974-11-01), Waller
patent: 3847156 (1974-11-01), Trumble
patent: 3918455 (1975-11-01), Coplan
patent: 3951261 (1976-04-01), Mandel
patent: 3981051 (1976-09-01), Brumlik
patent: 3981307 (1976-09-01), Borysko
patent: 3985138 (1976-10-01), Jarvik
patent: 3985227 (1976-10-01), Thyen
patent: 4006747 (1977-02-01), Kronenthal
patent: 4008303 (1977-02-01), Glick
patent: 4027608 (1977-06-01), Arbuckle
patent: 4043344 (1977-08-01), Landi
patent: D246911 (1978-01-01), Bess, Jr.
patent: 4069825 (1978-01-01), Akiyama
patent: 4073298 (1978-02-01), Le Roy
patent: 4137921 (1979-02-01), Okuzumi
patent: 4198734 (1980-04-01), Brumlik
patent: 4204541 (1980-05-01), Kapitanov
patent: 4204542 (1980-05-01), Bokros
patent: 4259959 (1981-04-01), Walker
patent: 4300424 (1981-11-01), Flinn
patent: 4311002 (1982-01-01), Hoffmann et al.
patent: 4313448 (1982-02-01), Stokes
patent: 4316469 (1982-02-01), Kapitanov
patent: 4317451 (1982-03-01), Cerwin
patent: 4428376 (1984-01-01), Mericle
patent: 4430998 (1984-02-01), Harvey
patent: 4434796 (1984-03-01), Karapetian
patent: 4454875 (1984-06-01), Pratt
patent: 4467805 (1984-08-01), Fukuda
patent: 4492075 (1985-01-01), Faure
patent: 4493323 (1985-01-01), Albright
patent: 4505274 (1985-03-01), Speelman
patent: 4510934 (1985-04-01), Batra
patent: 4531522 (1985-07-01), Bedi
patent: 4532926 (1985-08-01), O'Holla
patent: 4535772 (1985-08-01), Sheehan
patent: 4548202 (1985-10-01), Duncan
patent: 4553544 (1985-11-01), Nomoto
patent: 4610250 (1986-09-01), Green
patent: 4610251 (1986-09-01), Kumar
patent: 4635637 (1987-01-01), Schreiber
patent: 4637380 (1987-01-01), Orejola
patent: 4653486 (1987-03-01), Coker
patent: 4669473 (1987-06-01), Richards
patent: 4676245 (1987-06-01), Fukuda
patent: 4719917 (1988-01-01), Barrows
patent: 4741330 (1988-05-01), Hayhurst
patent: 4750910 (1988-06-01), Takayanagi
patent: 4751621 (1988-06-01), Jenkins
patent: 4776337 (1988-10-01), Palmaz
patent: 4832025 (1989-05-01), Coates
patent: 4841960 (1989-06-01), Garner
patent: 4865026 (1989-09-01), Barrett
patent: 4873976 (1989-10-01), Schreiber
patent: 4887601 (1989-12-01), Richards
patent: 4895148 (1990-01-01), Bays
patent: 4898156 (1990-02-01), Gatturna
patent: 4899743 (1990-02-01), Nicholson
patent: 4900605 (1990-02-01), Thorgersen
patent: 4905367 (1990-03-01), Pinchuk et al.
patent: 4930945 (1990-06-01), Arai
patent: 4932962 (1990-06-01), Yoon
patent: 4946468 (1990-08-01), Li
patent: 4948444 (1990-08-01), Schutz et al.
patent: 4950258 (1990-08-01), Kawai
patent: 4950285 (1990-08-01), Wilk
patent: 4968315 (1990-11-01), Gatturna
patent: 4976715 (1990-12-01), Bays
patent: 4981149 (1991-01-01), Yoon
patent: 4994073 (1991-02-01), Green
patent: 4997439 (1991-03-01), Chen
patent: 5002550 (1991-03-01), Li
patent: 5002562 (1991-03-01), Oberlander
patent: 5007921 (1991-04-01), Brown
patent: 5007922 (1991-04-01), Chen
patent: 5026390 (1991-06-01), Brown
patent: 5037422 (1991-08-01), Hayhurst
patent: 5041129 (1991-08-01), Hayhurst
patent: 5046513 (1991-09-01), Gatturna
patent: 5047047 (1991-09-01), Yoon
patent: 5053047 (1991-10-01), Yoon
patent: 5084063 (1992-01-01), Korthoff
patent: 5089010 (1992-02-01), Korthoff
patent: 5101968 (1992-04-01), Henderson
patent: 5102418 (1992-04-01), Granger
patent: 5102421 (1992-04-01), Anspach, Jr.
patent: 5103073 (1992-04-01), Danilov
patent: 5112344 (1992-05-01), Petros
patent: 5123911 (1992-06-01), Granger
patent: 5123913 (1992-06-01), Wilk
patent: 5123919 (1992-06-01), Sauter
patent: 5127413 (1992-07-01), Ebert
patent: 5133738 (1992-07-01), Korthoff
patent: 5141520 (1992-08-01), Goble
patent: 5147382 (1992-09-01), Gertzman
patent: 5156788 (1992-10-01), Chesterfield
patent: 5176692 (1993-01-01), Wilk
patent: 5179964 (1993-01-01), Cook
patent: 5192274 (1993-03-01), Bierman
patent: 5192302 (1993-03-01), Kensey
patent: 5192303 (1993-03-01), Gatturna
patent: 5197597 (1993-03-01), Leary
patent: 5207679 (1993-05-01), Li
patent: 5207694 (1993-05-01), Broome
patent: 5217486 (1993-06-01), Rice
patent: 5217494 (1993-06-01), Coggins
patent: 5222508 (1993-06-01), Contarini
patent: 5222976 (1993-06-01), Yoon
patent: 5224946 (1993-07-01), Hayhurst
patent: 5242457 (1993-09-01), Akopov
patent: 5246441 (1993-09-01), Ross
patent: 5249673 (1993-10-01), Sinn
patent: 5258013 (1993-11-01), Granger
patent: 5263973 (1993-11-01), Cook
patent: 5269783 (1993-12-01), Sander
patent: 5282832 (1994-02-01), Toso
patent: 5292326 (1994-03-01), Green
patent: 5306288 (1994-04-01), Granger
patent: 5306290 (1994-04-01), Martins
patent: 5320629 (1994-06-01), Noda
patent: 5330488 (1994-07-01), Goldrath
patent: 5330503 (1994-07-01), Yoon
patent: 5336239 (1994-08-01), Gimpelson
patent: 5341922 (1994-08-01), Cerwin
patent: 5342376 (1994-08-01), Ruff
patent: 5342395 (1994-08-01), Jarrett
patent: 5352515 (1994-10-01), Jarrett
patent: 5354271 (1994-10-01), Voda
patent: 5354298 (1994-10-01), Lee
patent: 5358511 (1994-10-01), Gatturna
patent: 5363556 (1994-11-01), Banholzer et al.
patent: 5372146 (1994-12-01), Branch
patent: 5374268 (1994-12-01), Sander
patent: 5374278 (1994-12-01), Chesterfield
patent: 5380334 (1995-01-01), Torrie
patent: 5391173 (1995-02-01), Wilk
patent: 5395126 (1995-03-01), Tresslar
patent: 5403346 (1995-04-01), Loeser
patent: 5411523 (1995-05-01), Goble
patent: 5414988 (1995-05-01), Di Palma
patent: 5417691 (1995-05-01), Hayhurst

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4298738

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.