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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Martin Hahn, Boll, DE;
Bodo Kreidler, Tuttlingen, DE;
Martin Hahn, Boll, DE;
Bodo Kreidler, Tuttlingen, DE;
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a medical knot pusher having a shaft, a handle on the proximal end of the shaft, and a guide device on the distal end of the shaft, for holding and guiding surgical sewing material, as well as with an additional cutting device positioned on the shaft for severing the surgical sewing material positioned in the guide device. A medical knot pusher, which is both simple to operate and has a range of uses, is characterized according to the invention in that the shaft consists of a shaft tube that contains the guide device for the surgical sewing material and is positioned in the handle, as well as a cutting tube that can be mounted on the shaft tube and constitutes the cutting device.