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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe L Hughes, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128340 ;
Abstract
A needle holding device for a surgical needle during a suturing procedure, the device including a holding device for holding the needle while passing the needle through the material to be sutured, and a selectively movable pick-up device to grasp the point of the needle and pull the needle through the material to be sutured, the pick-up device being subsequently movable towards the holding device to transfer the needle for the next stitch.