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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
David T Green, Westport, CT (US);
Henry Bolanos, East Norwalk, CT (US);
Henry R Sienkiewicz, Stamford, CT (US);
Kenneth E Toso, Portchester, NY (US);
Michael S Kolesa, Norwalk, CT (US);
H Jonathan Tovey, Milford, CT (US);
The United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A suture holding clip including legs each having a suture contacting surface. The legs can be closed to define an interface for holding a suture in a serpentine configuration. In another embodiment the suture holding clip is initially in a spider leg configuration with a spine and legs projecting from the spine and alternately angled to one or the other of two directions so as to define therebetween a lengthwise extending passage for the reception therethrough of a suture.