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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Eliahu Eliachar, Haifa, IL;
Nir Lilach, Kfar Yehoshua, IL;
Gideon Meyer-brodnitz, Haifa, IL;
Ofer Yossepowitch, Petach Tikvah, IL;
Dan Sade Hochstadter, Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL;
Eliahu Eliachar, Haifa, IL;
Nir Lilach, Kfar Yehoshua, IL;
Gideon Meyer-Brodnitz, Haifa, IL;
Ofer Yossepowitch, Petach Tikvah, IL;
Dan Sade Hochstadter, Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL;
Keren Medical Ltd., Kibbutz Bet Alfa, IL;
Abstract
A suturing needle is disclosed having a main longitudinal axis, a distal sharp portion and proximal portion along said axis. The distal portion is hollowed, and the hollow is approximately parallel to said axis. A further embodiment of the suturing needle is disclosed such that the distal portion comprises a notched open bore located at the needle's extreme distal end. Other embodiments of the suturing assembly are described accommodating a suture in the needle bore.