Needle transporting apparatus

Details Needle transporting apparatus Needle transporting apparatus

1996-06-11

1998-04-07

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By laterally or vertically moving successive items in...

198429, B65G 4726

Patent

active

057353832

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for transporting surgical needles includes a needle holding apparatus having a movable jaw structure. The jaw structure is releasably biased in a closed position for holding needles in a predetermined position. The jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween.
The needle holding apparatus may be removably positionable on a work surface such that the needle holding apparatus may interface with a needle loading apparatus. The needle loading apparatus provides accommodating means capable of containing a multiplicity of needles. A needle advancing structure, such as a movable track, advances the needles in a predetermined fashion from the accommodating means. The needle advancing structure positions needles such that said jaw structure of the holding apparatus can selectively grasp the needles and transport the needle to another location.
An alternative embodiment of a needle holding apparatus includes first and second independently movable jaw structures. The jaw structures are selectively and independently actuable into open and closed positions. The first jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween.
The needle transporting apparatus may further provide a calibrating apparatus having a mounting surface. The calibrating apparatus includes a gauge for measuring lateral motion of the jaw structure of the holding apparatus.

REFERENCES:
patent: 160686 (1875-03-01), Kingman
patent: 279075 (1883-06-01), Berry
patent: 1563365 (1925-12-01), Hollup
patent: 2838883 (1958-06-01), Hall
patent: 2927679 (1960-03-01), Rively
patent: 2974774 (1961-03-01), Stuart
patent: 3236374 (1966-02-01), Zimmerman et al.
patent: 3376851 (1968-04-01), Schlemm et al.
patent: 3437189 (1969-04-01), Molins
patent: 3501870 (1970-03-01), Bottomley
patent: 3837472 (1974-09-01), Byerly
patent: 3972407 (1976-08-01), Kushigian
patent: 4173100 (1979-11-01), MacBroom, Jr.
patent: 4177682 (1979-12-01), Blackman
patent: 4216628 (1980-08-01), Wada
patent: 4327825 (1982-05-01), Ackley et al.
patent: 4573863 (1986-03-01), Picotte
patent: 4832174 (1989-05-01), Frisbie
patent: 4892182 (1990-01-01), Gustafson
patent: 4982553 (1991-01-01), Itoh
patent: 5001323 (1991-03-01), Matsutani et al.
patent: 5038914 (1991-08-01), Cotic et al.
patent: 5155943 (1992-10-01), Matsutani et al.
patent: 5250008 (1993-10-01), Lange
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 9, No. 179 (M-399) (1902), Jul. 24, 1985.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Needle transporting apparatus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Needle transporting apparatus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Needle transporting apparatus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-5881