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7322992 Method of removing a fastener  
The present invention relates generally to a surgical instrument. In particular, the present invention relates to a fastener remover for use during the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The...
7270672 Rod for transferring and tightening knotted suture into patient's body  
A knot placer has a rod ( 10 ) connecting a handle end ( 11 ) to a working end ( 12 ). The working end ( 12 ) has a closed leg eyelet ( 15 ) and a slit leg eyelet ( 16 ). A slidable knot ( 27 ),...
7131977 Apparatus and method for removing a clip  
An endoscopic apparatus includes a pair of jaws pivotably connected to each other and movable between an open position and a closed position. The jaws have respective opposing gripper portions....
7048746 Method and instrument for thermal suture cutting  
Novel suture removal instrument and technique are described herein. The invention utilizes a newly designed thermal filament to allow the tip of the suture removal instrument to be slipped under...
6733509 Suture cutter  
Suture cutter embodiments include elements for cutting back the leads of a suture after the suture has been tied into a knot, e.g., as a result of drawing tissue portions together. The suture...
6126651 Motorized motion-canceling suture tool holder  
An apparatus for open-heart surgery includes a suture-needle holding tip (10) or a stapler and a handle (100). The tip is driven to oscillate relative to the handle in the same motion as the...
6106532 Device for retrieval of defect closure devices  
A device for retrieval of defect closure devices, comprising a closure-catch catheter having at a distal end thereof a closure-catching device and at a proximal end thereof, a grip for operating...
6053927 Apparatus and method for implant removal  
A surgical device for removing implanted devices includes a sleeve device with an elongated trough portion arranged to extend through a skin opening and be positioned subjacent to a particular...
5916223 Tissue staple remover  
In a surgical staple remover, the combination comprises multiple parts having operative interconnection, and relatively movable to retract a removed staple from a tissue zone; and a storage zone...
5707377 Ligation clip remover  
A ligation clip remover removes closed ligation clips from a ligated vessel. The remover includes a handle assembly having a squeezable trigger and a slender barrel assembly connected to the handle...
5658297 Surgical staple remover  
A surgical staple remover includes a first elongate member having a forward first end, a rearward second end and a central portion therebetween, the first end terminating in two spaced anvil...
5565122 Suture cutting and cauterizing method using radiant heat  
A suture cutter which is adapted to clamp, sever and cauterize a thermoplastic suture includes a housing having an electrical power source located in the housing and a trigger attached to the...
5562681 Staple remover  
A staple remover is disclosed for removing surgical staples wherein said surgical staples have side members spaced from each other in a fired position at a staple spacing. The staple remover has a...
5554161 Tick removal tool  
A tool for removing ticks and similar parasites. A spoon-shaped tool, the spoon of which is split lengthwise and hinged to rotate the split spoon sections normally open far enough to fit over a...
5452513 Suture cutter  
A suture cutter which is adapted to clamp, sever and cauterize a thermoplastic suture. The suture cutter includes a housing having an electrical power source located in the housing and a trigger...
5451231 Surgical staple remover  
A surgical staple extractor which has a gripping portion and a pair spaced-apart jaws and an anvil associated with the gripping portion. Structures are provided with the gripping portion for moving...
5364406 Laparoscopic surgical staple  
A laparoscopic surgical staple system comprises a staple, a staple extractor, and methods of applying and extracting such staples. The staples of the present invention are visible through a limited...
5346500 Suture cutting scissor apparatus  
Suture cutting apparatus includes a notched holding blade having a predetermined thickness and a cutting blade for cutting suture elements held in the notch of the holding blade. The notch of the...
5334196 Endoscopic fastener remover  
A surgical apparatus for removing fasteners from the body includes an endoscopic portion for insertion through an endoscopic tube and a fastener removing assembly positioned at the distal end of...
5312420 Surgical apparatus for removing fasteners  
A surgical apparatus for removing fasteners from the body includes a pair of fastener removing members which are configured and dimensioned to contact the legs of a fastener to be removed. The legs...
5266075 Tendon threader for endosteal ligament mounting  
A tendon threader and process for its use for positioning and endosteally mounting a tendon within the endosteum of a closed tunnel end of a straight ligament tunnel that has been formed in a...
5258007 Powered surgical instrument  
A remotely controlled, powered applier for attaching aneurism clips has a fixed jaw and a movable jaw at the end of an extension having two parallel rods. Longitudinal motion of a movable rod...
5250052 Suture removal tool  
A tool structure employs a rectilinear body having a front wall, the front wall including a lowermost end orthogonally oriented relative to the front wall and extending beyond a bottom wall in an...
5236435 Laparoscopic surgical staple system  
A laparoscopic surgical staple system comprises a staple, a staple extractor, and methods of applying and extracting such staples. The staples of the present invention are visible through a limited...
5047049 Self orienting instrument handle  
An improved hand held medical instrument having an instrument tip having a preferred orientation, and rotatable to at least one other orientation, the tip being attached to an instrument handle...
5047037 Suture removing instrument  
A forceps-like device with scored surfaces on the inside of the tips of two arms for grasping a suture. A blade is provided on the inside of one arm just behind the tip. The blade does not contact...
4969893 Disposable suture cutter and needle holder  
A disposable suture cutter and needle holder for a suture needle having thread thereon has a supporting base for a foamed plastic needle holder. A cutting blade having foamed plastic disposed...
4946462 Arthroscopic guide and method  
A guide and method for use in arthroscopic knee surgery for the repair and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. The guide is in the form of a elongated flexible wire, and it enables...
4895289 Ophthalmic stapler  
A stapler system for surgical suturing comprising a novel stapler and novel precurved staples designed for use with the stapler. Staples stored on a magazine are implanted by a ram mounted for...
4848341 Suture cutter  
A microsurgical suture cutting instrument comprising a blade means provided in a housing having a generally C-shaped configuration with the blade located with it and with cutting edge facing the...
4802478 Medical staple and removal method  
A method for bending a staple closed in living tissue so that its pointed ends pierce the tissue, and for subsequently opening the staple by bending the central portion of the staple to generally a...
4685460 Skin clip remover  
A skin clip remover for removing skin clips or staples which have been placed into the skin across a wound to close and retain the wound in a closed and healing position comprises a handle element...
4640274 Surgical needle extractor having a disposable chuck, a chuck and a handle  
A surgical needle extractor is provided which has a chuck including a penetration portion for penetrating between the claws of a surgical needle. The chuck also has an actuated piece pivotable with...
4573998 Methods for implantation of deformable intraocular lenses  
The invention provides an improved intraocular lens structure comprising a deformable optical zone portion with prescribed memory characteristics and methods and devices for implantation of such...
4515348 Skin staple extractor  
A manually operable surgical staple extractor has a first handle element provided with a finger-receiving ring end and a second handle element also provided with a finger-receiving ring end. A...
4494542 Suture cutter, extractor and method to cut and remove sutures  
A surgical cutting instrument that is particularly adapted to lift individual ones of sutures from the skin of a patient and to hold each suture by means of a knot at one end thereof while cutting...
4487394 Extractor for surgical staples  
A manually actuated surgical staple extractor comprising upper and lower handles pivotally joined together and swingable between open and closed positions. The upper handle terminates at its...
4434796 Surgical staple, a method of and forceps for its removal  
The staple has two legs interconnected through a web. Each of the legs carries a rod having a pointed bottom end and a head. The head has a slot for the web to pass. A through hole or passage is...
4423729 Suture installation instrument  
The blades of a pair of suture scissors are pivotably mounted within a tapered hood. The nose of the hood is smoothly curved and a slot is formed thereacross such that the plane of the slot is in...
4384406 Combination suture cutter and remover  
A combination suture cutting and removing instrument comprising an elongate handle with a head portion extending longitudinally outward from one end thereof. The head portion is curved in a...
4369787 Method of cutting a suture  
A method of cutting a suture at least partly disposed in tissue and bearing a knot formed in the suture, wherein the suture is introduced into the slot of a suture cutter having a slotted member of...
4271838 Suture cutter  
A suture cutter comprising a member and a blade, said blade having a knife edge and a back remote from said edge, said blade being adapted to shearingly contact said member, said member having a...
4098157 Method for suture removal  
A method is provided for cutting and removing sutures with a thin, flat blade mounted on one end. The blade has a sharp, concave cutting edge and a flattened, convex bearing edge. The cutting and...
4073179 Clip removing device  
A device is disclosed for removing a clip member having arms foldable about a midsection into clamping engagement about opposite sides of a tubular member. The device has a pair of jaws pivotally...
4053979 Suture cutter  
A disposable suture cutter formed as a resilient member from a single piece of molded material having two opposed free ends to be held between the fingers and thumb. One free end is shaped for...
4034473 Suture cutter  
A suture cutter for cutting a suture in a slicing action including a first arm having a free end insertable under a suture and an elongated portion extending at an obtuse angle to the free end, and...
3995619 Combination subcutaneous suture remover, biopsy sampler and syringe  
A multi-purpose surgical instrument for subcutaneous use is described. The instrument includes a generally hollow inner tube which is provided at a probing free end with a crochet-type hook. The...
3983878 Surgical appliance  
Appliance for sutureless closure of surgical incision comprises tape member and spring closure member. Tape member has adhesive on one side for fastening to skin of patient and pair of closely...
3961419 Method of cutting and removing sutures  
An inexpensive suture cutter is shown in which the cutting portion is a sharpened edge of a wire-like member one-eighth inch or less in diameter at the cutting portion. This wire-like cutting...
3879846 Surgical suture cutter and remover  
A combination implement for cutting and removing surgical sutures consists of a unitary body portion of springy material forming a forceps and a longitudinal suture cutting element extending...
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