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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Applicant:
Naomi L. Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Naomi L. Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Granit Medical Innovations, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hollow suture needle and related suturing assembly to be used in conjunction with flexible or rigid endoscopy, or on the external surface of the body. The invention relates to performing suturing on internal body tissue as part of a surgical procedure, or on external body tissues. The suturing assembly includes a hollow suture needle which in one preferred embodiment is temperature biased, with associated suturing assembly and an associated method for performing the suturing function.