System with a surgical needle and a handle

US7291155B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Boris Batke · Lübeck, DE
• Raimo Sump · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2007
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/347
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a system with a surgical needle and a handle, the surgical needle has in its proximal end-section, lying opposite the needle tip, a holding section (14), which is set up for insertion into the handle. The handle has a channel (32), set up for holding the holding section (14) of the surgical needle, and a locking device (50, 70) with a locking element (50) which is displaceable in longitudinal direction of the channel (32) from a locking position, in which the holding section (14) is fixed to the handle, into a release position, in which the holding section (14) can be pulled out from the channel (32).