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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1993
George R Proto, West Haven, CT (US);
Francis D Colligan, Waterbury, CT (US);
Harold Bellmore, Jr, West Haven, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tipping surgical sutures which includes winding the suture around a drum while continuously monitoring the suture diameter in x and y directions and adjusting the tension on the suture to control the suture diameter as it is being wound. The drum is then placed in an apparatus which passes selected portions of the suture through a mist of cyanoacrylate tipping agent generated by ultrasonic atomization. The tipping agent quickly cures and the tipped portion of the suture may be cut to create a tipped end for insertion into a surgical needle to form a needle suture device.