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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Alex M Greenberg, New York, NY (US);
Douglas M Spranger, New York, NY (US);
Paul J Mulhauser, New York, NY (US);
Mark C Newby, Tuxedo, NY (US);
Greenberg Surgical Technologies LLC, New York, NY (US);
Human Factors Industrial Design, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic intracorporeal suture tying aid allows a suture to be looped around itself multiple times and cinched, enabling a throw of a surgeon's knot to be easily made. The tying aid includes a needle holder connected to a proximal end of a shaft for releasably holding a needle; a hook that slides longitudinally with respect to the beaks; and the shaft being axially rotatable with respect to the hook.
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