Combined surgical needle-suture device
US5306288A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2/0004
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combined surgical needle-suture device is provided by attaching the reduced shank of a needle and the tip region of a suture to each other through a heat shrinkable tubing fitted around both, the axial length of the tubing bearing a defined relationship to the effective axial length of the needle shank. In the preferred detachable needle-suture device, a removal interface having a predetermined axial length and/or contact area is defined between a shrinkable tubing having a predetermined axial length and a suture tip region.
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