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5403331 |
Looped suture ligating device containing a heat-shrinkable element
A surgical device for use in a ligating procedure in which a looped suture is slidably secured by a securement member. In a preferred embodiment a loop is formed in a suture and the end of the...
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5397326 |
Knot pusher for videoendoscopic surgery
Four embodiments of videoendoscopic knot pushers are shown having a main body and first and second fingers whose ends are shaped in a smooth rounded shape to guide a suture and knot into position...
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5397325 |
Laparoscopic suturing device
The present invention relates to surgical suturing devices, particularly for use in laparoscopic surgery. The surgical suturing device has a tubular elongated shaft terminating into a jaw assembly...
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5395382 |
Device for tying intracorporeal knot
An intracorporeal knot tying device. The knot tying device comprises a cannula tube having a proximal end and a distal end and passage therethrough. A suture is movably mounted within the tubular...
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5391174 |
Endoscopic needle holders
The invention is embodied in suture needle holders particularly useful in endoscopic surgical procedures. The instruments either incorporate a fixed suture needle or facilitate the secure,...
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5391175 |
Method of using an endoknot pusher surgical instrument
A surgical instrument for positioning and tying knots during endoscopic surgery is provided with an elongate shaft having a ligature restraining aperture for accepting a strand of the ligature.
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5387221 |
Set of tools for suturing in deep surgical apertures or body cavities
A needle driving device (1) includes a pivotally mounted needle holder (3) for a curved suturing needle (12). Following the initial pivot the needle driving member (16) is actuated for pushing the...
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5387227 |
Method for use of a laparo-suture needle
A laparo-suture needle and method for use thereof. A medical suturing instrument employs an outer, hollow shaft having a laterally-disposed, elongate handle at a proximal end and an elongate, inner...
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5385569 |
Surgical suturing accessory
A surgical accessory is provided for temporarily parking a suture needle, for cleaning a cautery tip, and for cutting suture thread, for which a suture cutting assembly is disclosed that comprises...
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5383877 |
Instruments and method for suturing and ligation
A laparscopic method and instrument for suturing and ligation of tissue in a body cavity of a patient through trocar tubes inserted into the cavity. First forceps have a needle on the end of a...
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5382256 |
Protective instrument for suturing
The protective instrument for suturing is formed by a rigid longitudinally concavo-convex body member having rounded edges and blunt ends. It is provided with a handle, so that in use the concave...
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5382258 |
Arthroscopic knot tying device
A method for closing an incision (I) deep within a patient's body (B) with a suture (S). A medical instrument (C) has arms 1 and 2 for openings and closing opposed jaws (3,4). Each jaw has a pair...
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5382257 |
Implant assist apparatus
An implant assist apparatus is disclosed for implanting material such as a suture in tissue to reapproximate or reinforce the tissue. A cannula is provided having a hollow body and an open proximal...
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5376096 |
Medical instrument for driving a suture needle
A needle driver (100) for fixedly positioning a curved suture needle (101) in a channel (114) of an inner rod (109) thereof and in a preferred 90 degree orientation with respect to the longitudinal...
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5374278 |
Method and apparatus for heat tipping sutures
A heat tipping method and apparatus for surgical sutures to facilitate inserting the sutures into the barrel ends of surgical needles. The method comprises tensioning the suture, heating a portion...
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5374275 |
Surgical suturing device and method of use
A surgical device for closing an incision created by a trocar or similar surgical device is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a support member within which are disposed a first and second...
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5374268 |
Device and method for repairing torn tissue
A device for repairing torn tissue or muscle such as the meniscus of the knee. The device consists of a pair of needles detachably secured to a pair of anchoring members having a plurality of...
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5364409 |
Endoscopic needle holder
The invention provides a needle holding arrangement for only the gripping of a needle within the body cavity. There is provided a suture fixing means for gripping or fixing a suture with a needle...
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5364410 |
Percutaneous suture externalizer
Percutaneous suture externalizer devices are disclosed which grasp, secure and externalize sutures from within an abdominal or thoracic cavity. The suture externalizer devices include a thin...
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5342389 |
Tissue manipulator
An endoscopic tissue manipulator (2) has jaw surfaces (20, 22) with peaks (24) and troughs (26) which engage when the jaws (10, 12) are closed. The jaw surfaces have no sharp edges and have a gap...
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5342376 |
Inserting device for a barbed tissue connector
An inserting device is disclosed for positioning a barbed tissue connector in tissue to close a wound. The barbed tissue connector is of a type which includes a generally rigid elongated body...
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5342374 |
Suture guiding device and method of use
A suture guiding device comprising a tubular shaft having opposite ends which are distal and proximal relative to a person holding the device for use in a suturing procedure, the distal end of the...
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5342369 |
System for repair of bankart lesions
An elongated drill and suture guide is inserted through a posterior portal during arthroscopic surgery to repair a Bankart lesion of a human shoulder. The drill and suture guide has a linear...
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5342375 |
Needle gripping apparatus
The present invention provides an apparatus which is designed to capture, and manipulate the movement of, surgical needles as they pass through the tissue wall of a patient. The apparatus of the...
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5336231 |
Parallel channel fixation, repair and ligation suture device
A laparoscopic fixation, repair and ligation suture; and device has a central passageway with first and second parallel channels on opposite sides thereof. A suture extends through the central...
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5336229 |
Dual ligating and dividing apparatus
The invention provides an apparatus and method for tissue ligation and transection. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a shaft with a slot at the distal end in which a tissue...
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5336230 |
Endoscopic suture tying method
Endoscopic suture tying apparatus adapted to be grasped by the hand for use in a laparoscopic procedure with an introducer device extending into the body of a patient having a sleeve with a bore...
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5334200 |
Suture knot making device and method for use
A suture knot making device is provided including a cylindrical member having distal and proximal portions. The distal portion has a convexly curved end from which first and second bores are...
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5330488 |
Verres needle suturing kit
A Verres needle suturing device. The spring loaded probe of a Verres needle assembly is modified to include an angled guide for guiding the end of a piece of suture material from the channel of the...
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5330491 |
Endoscopic suturing device
A medical device for ligation or approximating tissue is disclosed. The device has a cannula with proximal and distal ends. The distal end of the cannula has a beveled surface, and the cannula has...
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5324298 |
Endoscopic knot pushing instrument
An instrument is set forth for pushing a knot formed extracorporeally through a trocar and into the operative region during endoscopic surgery. An elongated member having an axially extending...
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5320629 |
Device and method for applying suture
A suture applier comprises a shaft having proximal and distal ends and carrying a length of suture along its axis. The suture has a surgical needle at its distal end and a knotted loop formed...
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5318578 |
Apparatus for delivering a suture into a body cavity and method of using the apparatus
An instrument for delivering a pre-tied suture assembly, having a needle carrying a thread with a noose thereon, into a body cavity. The needle has a pointed free end to puncture a tissue and guide...
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5312423 |
Apparatus and method for laparaoscopic ligation
A laparoscopic ligation device comprises an elongate hollow tube, having an open distal end. An arcuate finger, attached to the tube, has a tip that is distally spaced from the distal end of the...
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5304185 |
Needle holder
Needle holder having an elongate tubular member serving as a shaft and having a bore extending therethrough and having proximal and distal extremities. A push-pull rod is slidably mounted in the...
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5300065 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneously holding and sealing tissue
An apparatus for sealing approximated edges of tissue with thermal energy includes a clamp having members which grasp and hold tissue. A transmissive material is supported by at least one of the...
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5298012 |
Tendon graft preparation workstation
A device for holding a tendon graft in position as the tendon is scraped and sutured is described. The device includes a pair of tension arms that can be moved in both a horizontal and vertical...
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5292327 |
Surgical knot pusher
A surgical knot pusher for moving a knot along a length of suture material to a remote site includes a rod extending along a longitudinal axis from an engagement end to a grasping end, a notch...
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5290284 |
Laparoscopic surgical ligation and electrosurgical coagulation and cutting device
A laparoscopic surgical ligation and electrosurgical coagulation device has an elongated handle sized to be received in a trochar and having a central passageway extending therethrough. A first...
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5284485 |
Endoscopic knotting device
An improved endoscopic device of the type having a surgical needle; a hollow tube; and a filamentary strand attached at its distal end to the surgical needle, and slideably engaged at its proximal...
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5282806 |
Endoscopic surgical instrument having a removable, rotatable, end effector assembly
An instrument (602), particularly suited for endoscopic use, has an elongate body, including a base (604) and an elongate spindle (630) rotatably mounted to the base. A removable end-effector...
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5282809 |
Endoscopic suturing device
A suturing device for placing a continuous suture line between anchor knots is disclosed. The device has a cannula and first and second sutures. Each suture has a slide end, a distal loop, and a...
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5281237 |
Surgical stitching device and method of use
A surgical stitching device allows a surgeon to place a "through and through" suture. The device includes a hollow needle with an inner needle slidingly disposed with the hollow needle. The inner...
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5281220 |
Endoscopic instrument
An improved endoscopic instrument suitable for performing internal procedures through a trocar in which the instrument handle is provided with a control mechanism for rotating the instrument...
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5281235 |
Needle manipulator
A needle manipulator (2), particularly suited for endoscopic use, has an elongate body (4) including a base (6) and an elongate tip carrier tube (8) rotatably mounted to the base. A removable tip...
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5281236 |
Method and device for intracorporeal knot tying
A method and device for intracorporeal knot tying. The device comprises an elongated, tubular member formed of a shape memory material for carrying a suture thread through an internal passage. A...
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5281238 |
Endoscopic ligation instrument
An improved endoscopic ligature provided with a loop support means for stabilizing the shape, position and orientation of a suture loop. The stabilized loop is impervious to surface tension forces...
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5279311 |
Suture shuttle device
A flexible, elongated suture passing device or shuttle capable of advancing monofilament or multi-stranded suture material to a remote work site. The suture shuttle is formed of a plurality of...
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5275613 |
Endoscopic tissue manipulator
A instrument (2), particularly suited for endoscopic use, has an elongate body (4) including a base (6) and an elongate tip carrier tube (8) rotatably mounted to the base. A removable tip assembly...
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5269791 |
Surgical knot pushing appliance
A surgical knot pushing tool comprised of a spiralling coil on the tip of an elongate shaft. The spiralling coil is preferably conically tapered and has the respective coils spaced to receive a...
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