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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:
Jan. 02, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard B Caspari, Maidens, VA (US);
Arthur F Trott, Largo, FL (US);
F Barry Bays, Seminole, FL (US);
Assignee:
Concept, Inc., Largo, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606146 ;
Abstract
A suturing instrument for use in arthroscopic surgery includes a hollow needle for penetrating tissue to be sutured within the body while the tissue is clamped between relatively movable jaws, and a suture feed mechanism for feeding suture material through the hollow needle such that the jaws can be opened and the suturing instrument withdrawn from the body pulling the free end segment of the suture material with the instrument. A knot can be tied in the suture material externally of the body and the knot moved back into the body at a position adjacent the tissue.
Published as:
EP0315371A2; US4890615A; US4923461A; EP0315371A3; US4890615B1; US4923461B1; US4923461B2; EP0315371B1; DE3854376D1; DE3854376T2;