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Tissue suturing method

US8545520B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

86References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Coloplast A/S · DK

Inventors

Steven McClurg · Roseville, US
Christopher A. Thierfelder · Minneapolis, US
Allen Gaynor · Coon Rapids, US
Pornpimon Narthasilpa · Windom, US
Timothy A. Bachman · Fort Collins, US
Christian Richard Trifilio · Windom, US
Matthew Vail Leyden · Windom, US
Nicholas Ellering · Crystal, US
Michael K. Luk · Hopkins, US
James Leigh Lindenberg · Wyoming, US
Donald Wolf · Shoreview, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2009
Grant date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0811
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of suturing tissue includes engaging tissue with a suturing head, driving a needle from a proximal end portion of the suturing head through the tissue, and engaging a capsule disposed in a distal end portion of the suturing head with the needle, the capsule comprising a length of suture attached thereto.

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