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7390328 Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites  
A method of closing a puncture in a blood vessel wall, including: positioning a suture placement device in a tissue tract and into a puncture in the blood vessel wall, the placement device having a...
7377927 Systems, devices and methods for suturing patient tissue  
A method of suturing patient tissue together is provided. The method comprises positioning a suture placement device adjacent patient tissue, the suture placement device having a body and a suture...
7235087 Articulating suturing device and method  
Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot near...
7235086 Crimping instrument with motion limiting feature  
A surgical crimping instrument for crimping a sleeve including an anvil and a hammer moveable relative to each other to crimp the sleeve, a pusher movable longitudinally and engaging the hammer...
D532107 Tissue fastening instrument  
7112214 Dynamic bioabsorbable fastener for use in wound closure  
A fastener for insertion into pierced openings of a tissue wound has a body formed of a generally bioabsorbable polymer defining an initial capture area internal to the body. The body includes a...
7108710 Multi-element biased suture clip  
A suture clamping system, including a plurality of elements positioned together in a row, wherein at least one of the elements is flexible, the plurality of elements each being dimensioned such...
7048747 Device and method for performing end-to-side anastomosis  
Devices, methods, and kits are provided for suturing an end of a first body duct to a hole in the side of a second body duct. The present devices and methods are used to simplify the suturing...
7033379 Suture lock having non-through bore capture zone  
A suture lock utilizes a first engaging element and a second engaging element to define a non-through bore capture zone. Each of the engaging elements possesses a surface including at least one...
7029481 Systems, devices and methods for suturing patient tissue  
A method of suturing patient tissue together is provided. The method comprises positioning a suture placement device adjacent patient tissue, the suture placement device having a body and a suture...
7001400 Articulating suturing device and method  
Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot near...
6964668 Articulating suturing device and method  
Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot near...
6776783 Surgical clips and apparatus and method for clip placement  
An improved surgical clip and clip applicator for placing a surgical clip over a target structure. The surgical clip generally has a pair of opposing clamp arms, each having an associated clamping...
6749616 Surgical system for repairing and grafting severed nerves and methods of repairing and grafting severed nerves  
The invention relates to a surgical system for repairing severed nerve ends. The severed nerve ends may be located on a single nerve or may be located on a nerve graft and a severed nerve. The...
6730102 Systems, devices and methods for deploying needles  
A needle deployment device is provided. The needle deployment device comprises a body, a plurality of medical needles displaceably mounted on the body and an actuator on the body. The actuator is...
6726705 Mechanical method and apparatus for bilateral tissue fastening  
A mechanical system for bilaterally securing skin tissue preferably utilizes a tissue manipulator apparatus to approximate a portion of an interior surface of each of two pieces of living dermis...
6558399 Devices and method for handling a plurality of suture elements during a suturing procedure  
A suture handling device for handling a plurality of suture elements is provided. The suture handling device comprises a body. It further comprises a plurality of passages defined on the body. Each...
6517553 Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites  
A suture applying device comprises a shaft having a nose piece attached at its distal end. The shaft and the nose piece are separated by a transition region, and a needle entry lumen in the shaft...
EP1236437A1 Vascular puncture site suturing device  
A suture applying device (10) comprises a shaft (14) which carries a pair of needles (20) near its distal end. The needles (20) are joined by a length of suture (30), and the shaft (14) is used to...
EP0673228B1 VASCULAR PUNCTURE SITE SUTURING DEVICE  
Abstract not available for EP0673228 Abstract of corresponding document: US5417699 A suture applying device comprises a shaft which carries a pair of needles near its distal end. The needles are...
6358258 Device and method for performing end-to-side anastomosis  
Devices, methods, and kits are provided for suturing an end of a first body duct to a hole in the side of a second body duct. The present devices and methods are used to simplify the suturing...
6355050 Device and method for suturing tissue  
The present invention provides devices and methods for suturing a tissue layer having two sides with a suture by releasably retaining at least a portion of the suture in a stationary position on...
6290711 Connector device and method for surgically joining and securing flexible tissue repair members  
A connector for joining sections of flexible material includes a locking member that has an engagement portion at a distal end and that can support a flexible member at a proximal end. An outer...
6193732 Surgical clips and apparatus and method for clip placement  
An improved surgical clip and clip applicator for placing a surgical clip over a target structure. The surgical clip generally has a pair of opposing clamp arms, each having an associated clamping...
6190396 Device and method for deploying and organizing sutures for anastomotic and other attachments  
Devices, methods, and kits are provided for use with a body duct. More specifically, a device is provided for positioning sutures through a body duct. The device comprises a shaft structure for...
6036699 Device and method for suturing tissue  
The present invention provides medical devices and methods for: suturing tissue by proximally drawing sutures through a tissue layer in the proximity of an aperture; suturing vascular tissue while...
6010514 Suturing assembly and method of use  
A suturing assembly is provided which includes a cannula with first and second ends. A first portion adjacent the first end defines a proximal lumen for slidably receiving a needle, a first bend...
5984933 Apparatus for suturing tissue  
Method and apparatus for suturing and ligating anatomical tissue utilizes one or more knotting elements carried by a length of filamentous suture material for tying the suture material to create...
EP0669103B1 Surgical crimping device  
Abstract of EP0669103 A surgical apparatus 10 and method of use for maintaining tension upon a length of suture material extending from body tissue is provided. The surgical apparatus deforms and...
EP0669101B1 Apparatus for applying a cinch member to the ends of a suture  
Abstract of EP0669101 The apparatus disclosed comprises a handle assembly 26, and elongated housing extending distally from the handle assembly and a tool assembly 16 preferably detachably...
5921994 Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method  
An improved suturing device and method is provided. The suturing device is of the type including a guide body and means on the guide body for translating at least one needle relative to the guide...
5902321 Device and method for delivering a connector for surgically joining and securing flexible tissue repair members  
A connector delivery device and method include a rod frangibly affixed to an inner member and a support member slidable around the rod. The support member is adapted to support an outer member for...
5902311 Low profile intraluminal suturing device and method  
An improved suturing device and method is provided. The suturing device is of the type including a guide body and means on the guide body for translating at least one needle relative to the guide...
5899921 Connector device and method for surgically joining and securing flexible tissue repair members  
A connector for joining sections of flexible material includes inner and outer members that snap fit together by passing the bore of the outer member over the inner member to capture and secure...
5869597 Medical devices containing high inherent viscosity poly(p-dioxanone)  
The present invention discloses polymers of poly(p-dioxanone having an inherent viscosity in the range of from 2.3 dL/g to about 8 dL/g, as determined at a concentration of 0.1 g/dL in...
5860991 Method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site  
A suture applying device comprises a shaft which carries a pair of needles near its distal end. The needles are joined by a length of suture, and the shaft is used to both introduce the needles...
5810853 Knotting element for use in suturing anatomical tissue and methods therefor  
A knotting element for use in surgical procedures to effect a knot in a length of filamentous material includes a body for being attached to a segment of the filamentous material and having opposed...
5810845 Ligating instrument with multiple loop ligature supply and methods therefor  
A ligating instrument includes an instrument body and a ligature supply disposed in the instrument body. The ligature supply includes a plurality of preformed, contractible ligature loops of...
5779719 Device and method for the percutaneous suturing of a vascular puncture site  
A suture applying device comprises a shaft which carries a pair of needles near its distal end. The needles are joined by a length of suture, and the shaft is used to both introduce the needles...
EP0559417B1 Endoscopic suture clip  
Abstract of EP0559417 A method of clamping suture strand (24) by applying heat and compressive force to a polymeric surgical clip (10) having first (11) and second (12) opposed leg members so as...
5741281 Suture securing apparatus  
A suture securing apparatus for positioning a suture securing device having a passage therethrough. The apparatus includes a holding member having at one end a handle and at the other end means for...
5713912 Ligating clip having ramp-shaped vessel clamping members and tool for applying same  
A ligating clip having surfaces with slanted ramp members for clamping a tubular vessel. The ligating clip includes a pair of legs, each of which has a proximal end, a distal end and an inner...
5693060 Suture securing device and method  
A suture securing device for intracorporeally securing a suture. The device includes a surgically implantable body having a tissue abutting side and a suture loop side, and a passage through the...
5693059 Ligating instrument with multiple loop ligature supply and methods therefor  
A ligating instrument for forming ligatures at an internal operative site in the body includes an instrument body having a distal end for positioning at the operative site, a proximal end for...
5669917 Surgical crimping device and method of use  
A surgical apparatus and method of use for maintaining tension upon a length of suture material extending from body tissue is provided. The surgical apparatus deforms and compresses a securing...
5665109 Methods and apparatus for suturing tissue  
Method and apparatus for suturing and ligating anatomical tissue utilizes one or more knotting elements carried by a length of filamentous suture material for tying the suture material to create...
5643295 Methods and apparatus for suturing tissue  
Apparatus and methods for suturing and ligating anatomical tissue utilizes one or more knotting elements connected between two or more length portions of filamentous suture material to form one or...
5643289 Surgical crimping device and method of use  
A surgical apparatus and method of use for maintaining tension upon a length of suture material extending from body tissue is provided. The surgical apparatus deforms and compresses a securing...
5613974 Apparatus and method for vascular closure  
A suture-applying device comprises a guide body having a needle guide at its distal end. Needles are reciprocatably carried on a shaft so that they may be advanced through the needle guide and...
5611986 Medical devices containing high inherent viscosity poly(p-dioxanone)  
The present invention discloses polymers of poly(p-dioxanone having an inherent viscosity in the range of from 2.3 dL/g to about 8 dL/g, as determined at a concentration of 0.1 g/dL in...
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