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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Richard F. Schwemberger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Jonathan A. Coe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James W. Miser, Jr., Batavia, OH (US);
Richard F. Schwemberger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John L. Stammen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Jonathan A. Coe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James W. Miser, Jr., Batavia, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for loading a surgical knotting element on an applicator tool. One embodiment of the device includes a channel dimensioned to receive an applicator tool comprising a coupling. A surgical knotting element comprises a coupling complementary to the coupling of an applicator tool and a suture path. A carriage receives the surgical knotting element. The carriage is moveable in a transverse direction relative the channel between a first position where the knotting element is misaligned with the channel and a second position where the couplings are engaged with one another.