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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1995
H Jonathan Tovey, Milford, CT (US);
Corbett W Stone, Newtown, CT (US);
Stephen W Zlock, Hawthorne, NY (US);
David A Nicholas, Trumbull, CT (US);
Richard N Granger, Huntington, CT (US);
Philip Richardson, Dyfed SA 33 5QA, Wales, GB;
Margaret Pamela Richardson, Dyfed, GB;
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention contemplates a surgical apparatus for manipulating a surgical incision member and an associated loading mechanism for replacing the surgical incision member. The surgical apparatus comprises an elongated body portion, first and second jaw elements extending from the body portion, securing a needle for securing the surgical incision member, releasing jaw cooperating with the securing a needle for releasing the surgical incision member and locking jaw cooperating with the securing a needle for preventing at least one of the jaw elements from moving.