Device for use in cutting threads
US5755730A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/0467
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device is provided for cutting threads, particularly curing surgery carried out using an endoscope. The device has a cutting member having at least one aperture extending therethrough of a size sufficient to permit the surgical thread to slide therethrough, the aperture having a thread-cutting edge. In use, the cutting member is located at the distal end of an endoscope.
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