Surgical stitching apparatus

Details Surgical stitching apparatus Surgical stitching apparatus

1994-03-16

1995-02-14

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier

606139, 606147, 112169, 112171, A61B 1704

Patent

active

053891031

ABSTRACT:
In a surgical stitching apparatus for endoscopically performing sutures of tissue or vessels having a drive mechanism including concentric tubes with an operating handle structure at one end and a stitching head mounted at the distal end thereof, the stitching head includes a stationary and a movable mouthpiece each with clamping structures for engaging the tips of a needle each comprising movable and stationary halves with the movable half on the stationary mouthpiece being operatively connected to one of the concentric tubes and the movable mouthpiece being connected to another of the concentric tubes which is hand-operable by a movable handle on the operating handle structure, and the one concentric tube is operable by a pedal switch-controlled mechanism mounted on the operating handle structure for foot operation of the clamping structure on the stationary mouthpiece.

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