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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicants:
Peter Phillips, Badsey, GB;
Gail Beaton, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Phillips, Badsey, GB;
Gail Beaton, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
Assignee:
Anson Medical Limited, , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 21/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); D05B 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for stitching thread onto the wall of a tubular medical implant (preferably a graft) employs a sewing machine with an elongate bobbin or a needle on an elongate element, depending on whether it is desired to sew from the outside-in or the inside-out. A motor rotates and translates the implant, which is mounted on a hollow drum, relative to the needle.