Suturing instrument

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1984-01-26

1985-12-10

Gantz, D. E.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128339, 112 80, 112222, A61B 1704, A61B 1706, D05C 1504, D05C 1516

Patent

active

045572658

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to suturing instrument for joining two edges of biological tissue together. The instrument includes a housing (1) in which there is movably arranged an arcuate suture needle (16) having a point (17) arranged to penetrate the tissue, and the suture thread (18) connected to the suture needle. Drive means (3,8,11,12,13) are provided for causing the needle (16) to move in a manner such as to pass the thread thereon through one of the tissue edges and up through the other of the tissue edges, to join the two edges together with a firm suture. The novel feature of the instrument resides in the fact that the end of the suture needle remote from the point (17) thereof is connected to the suture thread and is arranged to be driven in the direction of the point (17) in a closed path by the drive means.

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patent: 4109658 (1978-08-01), Hughes
patent: 4345601 (1982-08-01), Fukuda
Singer Surgical Stitching Instrument, Singer Sewing Machine Co., Apr. 29, 1944, Div. 55.

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