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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:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128339 ;
Abstract
A curved needle for use in medical operations includes a grip to be mounted in a suturing machine and a curved portion terminated with a needle eye for receivinga needle. On the outside of the curved portion an elongated groove is formed for guiding a thread toward the needle eye. The groove includes a partially closed portion for preventing the thread from slipping out from the groove.