Surgery – Instruments – Suture – ligature – elastic band or clip applier
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-03
2001-03-06
Jackson, Gary (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier
C606S144000, C606S148000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06197035
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an applicator for setting a needle secured to its suture thread in place in a surgical site.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The applicator according to the present invention is also intended for endoscopy procedures so that it can collaborate, for example, with a small-diameter trocar to convey the needle to the surgical site and release it there.
The applicator according to the invention comprises a sleeve in which a needle is held in an approximately elongate position, a rod which enters the sleeve to extract the needle and retaining mechanism which, before the needle is extracted, allow the rod to be held inside the sleeve in a position that is determined such that the free end of the rod rests against the needle.
The applicator according to the present invention, in the internal part of the sleeve, comprises tensioning mechanism which allow the suture thread to be kept taut while the needle is being extracted.
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Loubens Thierry
Riou Lionel
Watrelot ANtoine
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
Jackson Gary
Soprane SA
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