Patent · US Expired

Device for use in tying knots

US6358259B1 · kind B1 · utility

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29References

21Claims

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Assignee

University College London · GB

Inventors

Paul Swain · London, GB
Feng Gong · London, GB
Geoffrey John Brown · London, GB
Timothy Noel Mills · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1999
Grant date	Mar 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0475
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A thread guide device is provided which is adapted to be removably or fixedly mounted on the distal end of an endoscope, or which is an integral part thereof. Alternatively, the device may comprise a head joined to the distal end of an elongate example in the form of longitudinally extending passages, which are laterally spaced from one another. The device permits a knot formed by threads which have passed through the thread guides to be viewed by the endoscope.

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