Suture boot

• US 4,834,090 A
• Filed: 05/20/1988
• Issued: 05/30/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Moore J. Paul
• Original Assignee: Moore J. Paul
• Inventors: Moore, J. Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Whelton, Denise
• Application Number:
  US07/196,570
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 128/321-324, 128/326, 128/303 R, 128/346, 128/340, 128/356
• US Class Current: 606/148
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/282 Jaws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2829 with a removable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/10 specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes

Abstract

A disposable suture boot for use on surgical instruments to provide a non-slip covering for the instruments end which is interconnected by a thin band of material. The suture boot is comprised of a sealed elongated monolithic unitary hollow cylindrical body of resilient surgical rubber with a center portion cut partially away to form an interconnecting web between the oppositely disposed sealed end portions.

Claims

1. A disposable suture boot for use on a surgical instrument comprising:

a monolithic, unitary hollow cylindrical body having a known length and a diameter and being sealed at the ends thereof to define a bore extending longitudinally within said body and being closed by said sealed ends;

a portion of said tubular body being cut away to define an opening into said body bore for exposing the bore via said opening, said opening having a shape which would be formed by the perpendicular intersection of said cylindrical body with another cylindrical body having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of said cylindrical body and being located approximately midway between said body ends;

said body being adapted to be flexed adjacent to said opening to dispose said body into a V-shape with said opening being located adjacent to the apex of said V-shape, whereby two substantially parallel twin bores are formed, each bore adapted to receive an arm of a two-armed surgical instrument.

2. A kit comprising:

a surgical instrument having jaws;

a disposable suture boot for use on said surgical instrument for covering said jaws;

comprising;

a monolithic unitary hollow cylindrical body formed of resilient material having a known length and a known diameter and being sealed at the ends thereof to define a bore extending longitudinally within said body and being closed by said sealed ends;

a portion of said tubular body being cut away to define an opening into said body bore for exposing the bore via said opening, said opening having a shape which would be formed by the perpendicular intersection of said cylindrical body with another cylindrical body having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of said cylindrical body and being located approximately midway between said body ends;

said body being adapted to be flexed adjacent to said opening to dispose said body into a V-shape with said opening being located adjacent to the apex of said V-shape, whereby the portion of said surgical instrument can be inserted into said bore via said opening to be covered by said body.