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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rainer Trapp, Graben-Neudorf, DE;
Helmut Wurster, Oberderdingen, DE;
Assignee:
Forschungszcutrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606144 ; 206339 ; 206340 ; 206341 ;
Abstract
In a device for inserting a surgical suture needle into an endoscopic suture apparatus wherein the device includes two legs which are movable relative to each other, one of the legs has a front end with means for receiving a jaw of an endoscopic suturing apparatus and the other leg has needle engagement means for holding a surgical needle in a predetermined position such that one needle tip enters a needle support of the surgical suturing apparatus jaw when the other leg holding the needle is moved toward the one leg while the one leg is disposed on the surgical suturing apparatus jaw.