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Number: 606/225
Name: Surgery > Instruments > Suturing needle > Filament attachment > Tied, hooked, wedged or grasped
Description: Subject matter wherein the means for adfixing the suture is either a means which permits the suture to be (1) passed through a loop or eye in the needle and knotted thereon; or (2) attached through a loop or bight which is held by a curved, bent means which engages said loop or; (3) to be pushed, crowded or forced into a limited space; or (4) to be held or seized firmly in the unpointed end of the needle by a resilient means.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7344554 Keith needle for furlow insertion tool Mar. 18, 2008
7070556 Transobturator surgical articles and methods Jul. 4, 2006
6217597 Surgical cutting device and method of using the same Apr. 17, 2001
5893592 Partially tied surgical knot Apr. 13, 1999
5667528 Braided suture surgical incision member attachment Sep. 16, 1997
5569301 Surgical incision members for endoscopic suturing apparatus Oct. 29, 1996
5433722 Ligature carrier for endoscopic use Jul. 18, 1995
5425746 Suture-needle combination with cyanoacrylate tipped sutures Jun. 20, 1995
5411521 Medical suturing device, a single-strike die mechanism, and a method of using said die mechanism for forming the medical suturing device May. 2, 1995
5403345 Needle suture attachment Apr. 4, 1995
5383901 Blunt point needles Jan. 24, 1995
5370689 Method of implanting a middle ear prosthesis Dec. 6, 1994
5358498 Needled suture Oct. 25, 1994
5337736 Method of using a laparoscopic retractor Aug. 16, 1994
5306288 Combined surgical needle-suture device Apr. 26, 1994
5226912 Combined surgical needle-braided suture device Jul. 13, 1993
5224955 Surgical needle-suture combination and apparatus and method for attaching the same Jul. 6, 1993
5207701 Surgical needle-suture combination, and apparatus and method for attaching the same May. 4, 1993
5201760 Surgical needle-suture combination and apparatus and method for attaching the same Apr. 13, 1993
5156615 Surgical needle-suture attachment for controlled suture release Oct. 20, 1992
5133738 Combined surgical needle-spiroid braided suture device Jul. 28, 1992
5102418 Method for attaching a surgical needle to a suture Apr. 7, 1992
5092848 Intravenous catheter with built-in cutting tip and method for making the same Mar. 3, 1992
5089011 Combined surgical needle-suture device possessing an integrated suture cut-off feature Feb. 18, 1992
5089012 Surgical suture, in particular for sternotomy closure Feb. 18, 1992
5080667 Sterile surgical needle-suture combination Jan. 14, 1992
4805292 Suturing needle with suture and method of producing the same Feb. 21, 1989
4441497 Universal suture passer Apr. 10, 1984
4182341 Eyed needle converted from a drilled end or channel end needle Jan. 8, 1980



 
 
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