EP0140557A3
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Surgical instrument
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-09-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-09-12
Abstract
Abstract A surgical instrument for use in suturing tissue. This instrument includes two guide tubes joined longitudinally along a side of each guide tube. A push rod is positioned inside each guide tube and the push rods are joined together at one end thereof. A double armed suture having a straight needle at each end of the single suture is used in conjunction with this instrument. The needles are loaded in the guide tubes and the push rods used to plunge the needles with a suture attached through the wound to be repaired.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward Lee Blackwood
- 👤 Robert B. Kollmar
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CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/04; A61B17/0469; A61B17/56; A61B17/58; A61B17/88; A61B17/8861; A61B90/00; A61B17/0482; A61B17/06; A61B17/06066; A61B2017/0472; A61B2017/06057
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