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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Hitoshi Mabuchi, Fukuroi, JP;
Shigeaki Funamura, Fukuroi, JP;
Hitoshi Mabuchi, Fukuroi, JP;
Shigeaki Funamura, Fukuroi, JP;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An organ fixing equipment includes a securing part formed by bundling a suturing thread into a bar, and a fixing part composed of the suturing thread forming the securing part and a continuous suturing thread. By pulling the fixing part relative to the securing part with a force of not less than a predetermined magnitude, the suturing thread forming the securing part can be unraveled. A set of organ fixing equipment is provided with an insertion equipment, for inserting the organ fixing equipment and taking-out equipment for taking out the organ fixing equipment from the patient body.