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7291180 Medical stent and related methods  
A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one...
7153312 Closure device and method for tissue repair  
A surgical method includes positioning a fixation member relative to tissue, moving a flexible member coupled to the fixation member relative to the fixation member to bring two tissue surfaces...
7094246 Suture trimmer  
A suture trimmer having a shaft with a groove formed in the side thereof, a cutting member movably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. The suture...
7048748 Automatic surgical suturing instrument and method  
A surgical instrument that automatically ties simple interrupted sutures is described. The user adjusts the tension in the suture loop. The instrument can use any of the currently used suture...
7037345 Medical stent with variable coil and related methods  
A medical stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing more than one revolution. The first coil revolves about and is...
6991614 Ureteral stent for improved patient comfort  
A ureteral stent for assisting the movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a...
6984237 Suture passing surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes first and second members configured to receive tissue therebetween. The first member is adapted to receive suture, the second member is coupled to the first member,...
6746457 Snared suture trimmer  
A suture trimmer, the suture trimmer including a shaft having a first end, a second end and a bore extending axially therebetween, the shaft having an opening formed in the side adjacent the distal...
6723107 Method and apparatus for suturing  
Devices and techniques for suturing are particularly useful in laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and/or open surgical procedures. A method of delivering a suture includes providing a suture device,...
6719804 Medical stent and related methods  
A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one...
6716224 Intracorporeal knot tier  
An instrument and method for tying two suture ends into a knot. A tubular outer member is provided with a transverse slot for capturing a length of one of the suture ends therein. A slidable inner...
6629984 Surgical repair kit and its method of use  
A suture passer including a longitudinally-extending hollow cannula having a central passage slidingly receivable of a surgical suture; a manually graspable handle connected to the hollow cannula...
6620202 Medical stent with variable coil and related methods  
A medical stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing more than one revolution. The first coil revolves about and is...
6511488 Surgical knot manipulator  
A surgical knot manipulator device is presented for facilitating the tying and untying of surgical knots through an access portal such as an arthroscopic cannula or an endoscopic trocar. The...
6332892 Medical device with one or more helical coils  
Medical devices, such as drainage stents, having coiled structures are useful in draining body fluids. A medical device has a first elongated section with a first cross-sectional area and a second...
6258106 Surgical knot pusher and method of use  
A surgical knot pusher and method for use thereof to facilitate the tying of surgical sutures at remote sites within the body during endoscopic surgery and other minimally invasive surgical...
6200329 Suture collet  
A suture securing device includes an inner member defining a suture receiving passage extending between a distal end surface of the inner member and a second surface of the inner member. An outer...
6051006 Suture-passing forceps  
A surgical instrument (e.g., suture-passing forceps) has a first jaw with a mount which supports a needled suture and a second jaw having a passage, which when aligned with the mount, is positioned...
5947982 Suture-passing forceps  
A suture-passing forceps includes a suturing assembly having a member supported at a distal end of a support shaft, the member having a passage transverse to its length for supporting a suture...
5935149 Suturing tissue  
A method of suturing using a suture with an attached needle includes placing the suture at a desired site to be sutured by passing the needle from a first member of a suture passing forceps to a...
5921918 Surgical retractor  
An instrument for facilitating the use of sutures in laparoscopic surgical procedures includes a hollow housing defining an internal cavity. A plunger extends within the cavity of the housing and...
5820631 Device and method for suturing tissue adjacent to a blood vessel  
A suturing device comprises a rod with a spring needle attached to an insertion end thereof. The spring needle is housed inside of an outer guide tube for insertion into an opening in biological...
5817111 Open loop suture snare  
A surgical instrument for facilitating the use of sutures in arthroscopic, laparoscopic or other similar surgical procedures includes a housing having an internal cavity. A plunger extends within...
5792151 Method and apparatus for ligating a blood vessel, tissue or other bodily duct  
A reusable ligation apparatus includes a suture tying or knot tying instrument and a suture cartridge containing a preformed ligature. The cartridge is releasably attached to the instrument so that...
5769863 Surgical knot pusher and method of use  
A surgical knot pusher device is described which has a knot pushing head mounted on the distal end of an elongated rod. The head of the device has a smoothly radiused knot pushing surface on the...
5730747 Suture passing forceps  
A suture passing forceps includes an axially elongated support shaft, and a first suture holder for removably holding a needled suture and a second suture holder for capturing the needled suture....
5716368 Knotmaker with curved elongate member used in tying a ligature  
A surgical instrument facilitates tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of an inner rod having a length of suture wrapped over...
5709692 Surgical instrument for placing suture or fasteners  
A surgical instrument for use in placing suture or fasteners in tissue at a remote location such as a laproscopic surgery is comprised of an elongated handle having a coiled projection at its...
5683401 Method and apparatus for installing a suture anchor through a hollow cannulated grasper  
An arthroscopic method and apparatus for implanting a suture fixation device or other appliance into tissue using a hollow cannulated grasper. Tissue at a repair site is secured with a hollow...
5681331 Surgical instrument for tying a knot in a length of suture at a remote location  
A surgical instrument facilitates tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of a rod having a length of suture wrapped over the rod...
5601578 Endoscopic suturing device  
An endoscopic suturing device comprising an elongate hollow tube, one end of which carries a thread engaging and loop forming member and a thread or needle jaw member. An actuating member at the...
5601577 Apparatus for assisting the tying of a suture  
An instrument for facilitating the formation of a knot in a flexible line having a first portion extending through a tissue/organ and first and second free ends projecting away from the first...
5601318 Necktie knot tying device  
A necktie knot tying tool having an elongate body with a handle at one end and a tie finishing portion at the other end. A raised projection extends outwardly from the tool between the two ends for...
5562685 Surgical instrument for placing suture or fasteners  
A surgical instrument for use in placing suture or fasteners in tissue at a remote location such as a laproscopic surgery is comprised of an elongated handle having a coiled projection at its...
5534011 Method and apparatus for threading a suture anchor  
A method for threading a suture through a suture anchor after the anchor has been driven into a bone comprises the steps of (1) providing a suture anchor having an eyelet, with at least a portion...
5527323 Surgical instrument for tying a knot in a length of suture at a remote location  
A surgical instrument facilitates tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of an inner rod having a length of suture wrapped over...
5501692 Laparoscopic suture snare  
An instrument for facilitating the use of sutures in laparoscopic surgical procedures includes a hollow housing defining an internal cavity. A plunger extends within the cavity of the housing and...
5499991 Endoscopic needle with suture retriever  
A suture retriever and method for manipulating suture during endoscopic surgical procedures. The suture retriever has an elongated housing provided with a needle tip and a lateral opening situated...
5447512 Controller for intracorporeal knot tying apparatus  
A controller for an intracorporeal knot tying device including a hollow handle housing and a slider operator captured in the handle for linear motion between proximal and distal positions. The...
5437682 Medical knot tying instrument and method for use thereof  
A medical knot tying instrument having a first member including proximal and distal ends, a gripping mechanism for releasably gripping a first length of suture proximate the distal end of the first...
5423837 Surgical knot pusher  
A surgical knot pusher, including a body shaft, a tip arranged on one end of the body shaft, and a slot in a sidewall of the tip for manipulating suture material extending through an opening in an...
5391176 Surgical instrument for tying a knot in a length of suture at a remote location  
A surgical instrument and its method of use facilitate tying of a knot in a length of suture material at a remote surgical location. The instrument is comprised of a rod having a slot at one end...
5385568 Surgical instrument for manipulating a thread  
A surgical instrument is provided for manipulating a thread situated within a body, in particular a body cavity. It has a shaft with a handle on the proximal end of the shaft and two thread...
D353002 Endoscopic suture knot pusher  
5356424 Laparoscopic suturing device  
A laparoscopic suturing device includes a suturing needle and a driver for manipulating the needle. The suturing needle features a helically-wound front-end portion with a needle point at its...
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...
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...
5234443 Endoscopic knot tying apparatus and methods  
A suture applying and tying device comprises at least one grasping device for securing a length of suture, a second grasping device for forming a loop in a length of the suture, and a pushing rod...
5222977 Surgical needle with an adjustable eye  
A surgical needle comprising an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, said distal end further comprising an eye which can be opened and closed, and said elongate shaft further comprising...
5211650 Dual function suturing device and method  
A suturing device includes a shaft with a pair of axial passages extending through the shaft. A length of suture passes through the first axial passage, the suture having a surgical needle attached...
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