Package making – With contents treating – Reshaping
Patent
1997-04-30
1999-02-23
Coan, James F.
Package making
With contents treating
Reshaping
53116, 53113, 53147, 53249, B65B 6304
Patent
active
058732128
ABSTRACT:
A semi-automated machine for singulating individual surgical needles from an bulk supply and attaching a suture to the surgical needle is described. The machine includes a needle singulation station, a precise positioning station, a suture feeding station, a swage station, a pull-test station and an off-load station. A universal gripper mounted on a rotary indexing device automatically receives each individual needle in a predetermined orientation and conveys the needle for sequential processing from station to station to form the needle-suture assembly. The rotary indexing device is driven by a single shaft drive assembly which provides a compact annular drive from two intermittent indexing drives to two coaxial cam dials that provide rotation and reciprocation of the universal gripper. A swage station is provided for swaging the needle to close the suture receiving opening about the suture to secure said suture thereto and form therefrom a needle and suture assembly. A final off-load station provides an apparatus for assembling a predetermined number of need-suture assemblies in a bundle for subsequent packaging.
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Demarest David D.
Esteves Anthony
Coan James F.
Ethicon Inc.
Kim Gene L.
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