Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1986-06-23
1988-11-15
Pinkham, Richard C.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128339, A61B 1706
Patent
active
047841397
ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument having a suture needle guide at one end and an instrument gripping and guiding handle at the other end. The instrument has a general longitudinal axis. The handle is elongated and curved along its length away from the longitudinal axis to facilitate gripping and the needle guide has an exposed concave surface to underlie and guide the needle as it is passed into the surface to be sutured.
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patent: 3491756 (1970-01-01), Bentov
patent: 4349027 (1982-09-01), DiFranceso
Publication entitled, "A Plastic Needle", by Dr. David J. Massa et al., published Jul. 5, 1980.
Jackson Gary
Pinkham Richard C.
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