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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. 06, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1991
Hiroshi Abe, Sapporo, JP;
Tomohiko Asahara, Kusatsu, JP;
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a deep suturer suitable for suturing a deep portion and a narrow portion which are difficult to be applied by a normal direct hand operation such as transoral operation. The suturer comprises an end needle-holding portion (B) for holding a suture needle, a holder portion (A) for operating the end needle-holding portion (B) and a connection portion (C) for operatively connect the end needle-holding portion (B) and holder portion (B) is provided with a disk head (4) which is rotated integral with a needle-holding portion (5) the holder portion (A) is provided with a handle (2), and the connection portion (C) is provided with a rod (7) having one end connected to the handle (2) through a connecting mechanism (18) and the other end connected to the disk head (4), the rod (7) being axially slidably inserted by of a spring force.
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