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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Helmut Wurster, Oberderdingen, DE;
Rainer Trapp, Graben-Neudorf, DE;
Assignee:
Forschungezentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606144 ; 606145 ; 606139 ;
Abstract
In a surgical suturing device especially for endoscopic surgery, an operating mechanism is provided which includes a drive and a locking mechanism operated by a handle from which an operating rod extends to an operating mechanism which carries at its free end a suturing head comprising two jaws between which a needle with opposite needle tips and a central eye can be exchanged while being alternately locked with the two jaws, the whole procedure being controllable by a single handle.