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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Swain, London, GB;
Feng Gong, London, GB;
Geoffrey John Brown, London, GB;
Timothy Noel Mills, London, GB;
Assignee:
University College London, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A thread guide device is provided which is adapted to be removably or fixedly mounted on the distal end of an endoscope, or which is an integral part thereof. Alternatively, the device may comprise a head joined to the distal end of an elongate example in the form of longitudinally extending passages, which are laterally spaced from one another. The device permits a knot formed by threads which have passed through the thread guides to be viewed by the endoscope.