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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1993
Abstract
A suture guide used for inserting a suture into a hole of an eyeless needle positioned between an upper guide and a lower guide. This suture guide comprises a first guide member having a certain plane and the second guide member having a first plane positioned lower than the plane of the first guide member and a second plane crossing the first plane, This suture guide also has fixing means combining the first guide member and the second member together to form a guide having a guiding corner with the plane of the first guide member and the second plane of the second member and the guide disposed next to the lower mold to face the guiding corner to the hole of the eyeless needle. A positioning mechanism of a suture guide for inserting a suture into a hole of an eyeless needle positioned between an upper guide and a lower guide is desirable for the suture guide. This mechanism comprises an arm for holding the suture guide via moving member and a swing pin disposed apart from the lower mold and perpendicular to a moving plane of the upper mold. The arm is attached to the swing pin as to swing along a side face of the lower mold to a desirable position.