Surgical suturing apparatus with detachable handle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7976553
APP PUB NO 20060282098A1
SERIAL NO

11394178

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A surgical suturing apparatus includes a suture housing, a needle mounted within the suture housing for movement about an arcuate path, a drive assembly operably associated with the needle for controlling movement of the needle with a suture secured thereto about the arcuate path in a manner facilitating application of the suture to tissue, a handle, an elongated flexible member having a distal end attached to the suture housing and a proximal end attached to the handle, and a mechanism for releasing and reattaching the handle to the flexible member.

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  • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ortiz, Mark S Milford, US 294 121480
Shelton,, IV Frederick E New Vienna, US 3272 1775926
Stokes, Michael J Cincinnati, US 254 49873

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