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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Boris Batke, Lubeck, DE;
Raimo Sump, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Boris Batke, Lubeck, DE;
Raimo Sump, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Ethicon, GmbH, Norderstedt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a system with a surgical needle and a handle, the surgical needle has in its proximal end-section, lying opposite the needle tip, a holding section (), which is set up for insertion into the handle. The handle has a channel (), set up for holding the holding section () of the surgical needle, and a locking device () with a locking element () which is displaceable in longitudinal direction of the channel () from a locking position, in which the holding section () is fixed to the handle, into a release position, in which the holding section () can be pulled out from the channel ().