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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Yosuke Sakai, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Covidien AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A medical suturing instrument in which the movement of an operation part is transmitted with a time lag to a loop forming part and a suture thread by means of a loop feed/return mechanism and a suture thread feed mechanism, and once a loop has been fed out from the tip end of a loop introduction needle, the suture thread is fed out from the tip end of a suture thread introduction needle.