Medical suturing tool

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7625386
APP PUB NO 20070293876A1
SERIAL NO

10598561

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A medical suturing tool 10 is composed of an insertion puncture needle 13 having an insertion hole 13a, a retrieval puncture needle 14 disposed in parallel with the insertion puncture needle 13, a lock part 15, and a surgical suture 16. A vertically elongated opening 18 is formed on the side surface of the insertion puncture needle 13, and an engaging groove 19 including a wide upper portion 19a and a narrow lower portion 19b on the side surface of the retrieval puncture needle 14 at a position slightly lower than the portion opposing to the vertically elongated opening 18. The lock part 15 is composed of a spherical portion 15a which can pass through a wide upper portion 18a and cannot pass through a narrow lower portion 18b and a rod-shaped portion 15b which can pass through the narrow lower portion 18b.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • CARDINAL HEALTH IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY;TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abe, Kazuhiro Fukuroi , JP 151 2137
Funamura, Shigeaki Fukuroi , JP 45 1192

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