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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:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Buzerak, Poughquag, NY (US);
Robert J Bedard, Southbury, CT (US);
Janniah S Prasad, Norwalk, CT (US);
Charles L Putnam, Fairfield, CT (US);
Lester Miller, Danbury, CT (US);
Steven I Becker, Bergen, NJ (US);
James Coleman, Richmond, GB;
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Co., Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606223 ; 606147 ; 112169 ; 112 8003 ;
Abstract
A laparoscopic suturing device includes a suturing needle and a driver for manipulating the needle. The suturing needle features a helically-wound front-end portion with a needle point at its proximal end for penetrating tissue and a rear-end portion connected to the driver. The slender design of the suturing device is ideally suited for minimally-invasive surgery.
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