Button for surgical applications
First Claim
1. A button for surgical applications comprising a disk having a parallel-walled housing, a slot which extends to a thread passage for guiding a thread therethrough within the circumference of the disk, the thread passage and the slot being in one housing wall, the other housing wall being recessed past the passage, said passage being closeable by a clamping means for clamping the thread firmly in the passage, with the clamping means including a disk segment rotatably joined to and movable parallel with the disk over the slot and thread passage to a latched position where its inner marginal part is past the thread passage, and in the latched position the disk segment inner marginal part protrudes into a cavity past an edge of the disk recessed housing wall and a disk segment recessed edge behind the inner marginal part is adjacent said edge of the disk recessed housing wall.
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Abstract
A button for surgical applications comprising a disk having a slot which extends to a passage for guiding a thread therethrough within the circumference of the disk, said passage being sealed by a clamping device for clamping the thread firmly in the passage. The clamping device includes a disk segment movable parallel with the disk over the slot and passage to a latched position where its inner marginal part is past the passage thereby bending the thread and holding it by friction and compression.
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- 1. A button for surgical applications comprising a disk having a parallel-walled housing, a slot which extends to a thread passage for guiding a thread therethrough within the circumference of the disk, the thread passage and the slot being in one housing wall, the other housing wall being recessed past the passage, said passage being closeable by a clamping means for clamping the thread firmly in the passage, with the clamping means including a disk segment rotatably joined to and movable parallel with the disk over the slot and thread passage to a latched position where its inner marginal part is past the thread passage, and in the latched position the disk segment inner marginal part protrudes into a cavity past an edge of the disk recessed housing wall and a disk segment recessed edge behind the inner marginal part is adjacent said edge of the disk recessed housing wall.
- 6. A button for surgical applications comprising a disk having a parallel-walled housing, a slot which extends to a passage for guiding a thread therethrough within the circumference of the disk, the thread passage and the slot being in one housing wall, the other housing wall being recessed past the passage, said passage being closeable by a clamping means for clamping the thread firmly in the passage, with the clamping means including a disk segment rotatably joined to and movable parallel with the disk over the slot and thread passage to a latched position where its inner marginal part is past the thread passage, and in the latched position the disk segment inner marginal part protrudes into a cavity past an edge of the disk recessed housing wall and a disk segment recessed edge behind the inner marginal part is adjacent said edge of the disk recessed housing wall, and with the disk and disk segment including a click-stop latch for releasably latching them together in said latched position.
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