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Apparatus for facilitating the performance of surgical procedures such as the placement of sutures, ligatures and the like

  • US 5,741,276 A
  • Filed: 01/28/1996
  • Issued: 04/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for performing surgical procedures involving the placement and controlled manipulation of a thread, via a distal member, relative to tissues in a patient'"'"'s body, the apparatus comprising:

  • a cannula member having a distal end and a proximate end,the cannula member including means for releasably holding a first member, the means for releasably holding a first member, being connected to the distal end of the cannula member, a stylet member having a distal end and a proximate end,the cannula member and means for releasably holding a first member together forming an elongated, substantially rigid, substantially completely enclosed structure for facilitated placement and handling of first member, prior to deployment of same, the stylet member being operably configured to be insertably received, at least along a portion of its length, by the cannula member,the stylet member further including means for selectively ejecting a first member from the means for releasably holding a first member; and

    means for facilitating handling of at least a portion of a thread affixed to a first member, during deployment of a first member, towards facilitating protection of the portion of a thread from undesired contact with potentially contaminated surfaces external to the apparatus,the means for facilitating handling including a passage extending entirely through the stylet member, for insertably receiving therethrough a thread affixed to a first member,the cannula, the means for releasably holding a first member, and the stylet being operably configured so as to completely enclose a thread, being insertably received completely internally therethrough, during passage of the thread through the apparatus, until deployment of a first member, to which the thread is affixed, and further enabling the facilitated retraction of an ejected first member.

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