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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Thomas C. May, Winona Kale, IN (US);
Robert-Jan Enzerink, Davis, CA (US);
John Margetts, Bountiful, UT (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
The invention disclosed is a device for locking a suture in place without the need for tying knots once the suture is placed within tissue. The device comprises a locking ring, the locking ring comprising a series of laminated sheets having an aperture formed to allow the suture to pass when pulled in a first direction, but formed to lock the suture in place when the suture is pulled in an opposite direction.
Published as:
CA2293057A1; EP1016377A2; AU6548499A; JP2000225118A; EP1016377A3; US2001008971A1; US6293961B2; US6319271B1; US2001051816A1; US6432123B2; US2002169478A1; AU765139B2; US2004153103A1; US7033380B2; EP1016377B1; ATE324072T1; DE69931018D1; US2006135996A1; DE69931018T2; CA2293057C; US2008091237A1; JP4187895B2; US7846181B2; US8323315B2; US8512374B2;