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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:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John DiGiovanni, Woodbridge, NJ (US);
Gene Kammerer, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606148 ; 606139 ;
Abstract
An intracorporeal knot tying device. The knot tying device comprises a cannula tube having a proximal end and a distal end and passage therethrough. A suture is movably mounted within the tubular passage. A needle is mounted to the distal end of the suture. The cannula has in its distal end a slit or a distally extending arm for retaining the suture and maneuvering the suture while tying an intracorporeal knot.