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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Applicant:
Bodo Kreidler, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Bodo Kreidler, Tuttlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0608 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A needle attachment for a surgical sewing instrument has a proximal-side connector for connecting to a sewing instrument. The needle attachment has a hollow shaft-like body which has a curved hollow needle on the distal side. A thread can be guided through the needle attachment. The cross-section of the curved hollow needle is oval.