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Device and method for cutting-to-length surgical suture material

US11324494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ingmar Neff · Allmersbach im Tal, DE
Siegfried Weber · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 2019
Grant date	May 10, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB26D7/10
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and method for cutting-to-length surgical suture material uses a thread spool having a continuous thread of the surgical suture material, a thread advancing gripper for drawing off a defined length of surgical suture material, and a cutting unit for cutting the surgical suture material. By way of a deflection installation, the surgical suture material is placeable so as to be angled to the primary transport direction in at least one open loop. The length of the open loop can be variably adjusted. The cutting unit is positioned between the thread spool and the deflection installation.

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