Surgical Hook
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Abstract
Extending from a point, namely the point of rotation (2), of a surgical hook (1), there are at least two curved arms (4, 5) whose free ends (A, B) each have a tip (6, 7) and which are curved in the same direction of rotation. The arms (4, 5) can be introduced into a patient'"'"'s tissue by turning the hook (1) about the point of rotation (2). The hook (1) preferably comprises absorbable material, and the arms (4, 5) are preferably provided with barbs (8) which point away from the free ends (A, B) of the arms (4, 5). The hook (1) is suitable for wound closure, including in a vertical direction, and also for fixing of implants.
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39 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
- 23. A surgical hook having first and second curved arms extending from a point to first and second free ends respectively, each of said free ends having a tip and each or said curved arms being curved in the same direction of rotation relative to the point, where the first and second curved arms can be introduced into a patient'"'"'s tissue by rotating the hook about said point.
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35. The hook according to claim wherein at least one of the first and second arms has a cross sections selected from the group consisting of round, oval, elliptic, tear-shaped, triangular, trapezoid, and diamond-shaped.
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