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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
John F Blanch, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
David D Demarest, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Robert A Daniele, Flemington, NJ (US);
Anthony Esteves, Somerville, NJ (US);
William F Smith, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Michael G Hodulik, Dunellen, NJ (US);
Teresa M Shaw, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
George Horst Reinemuth, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Richard Paul Branco, Collegeville, PA (US);
Matthew Cafone, Edgewater Park, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to improvements in an Automated Swage Wind and Packaging Machine that is particularly adapted to assist in the automated singulation of surgical needles to enable subsequent automated handling of the needle, automatic swaging of the suture into a receiving end of the needle, automatic pull testing of the combined needle and suture, and automated packaging of the pull tested combined needle and suture into a tray having a cover.