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Laparoscopic surgical instrument and method of using same

  • US 5,743,881 A
  • Filed: 11/03/1995
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:

  • a needle suitable for the administration of fluids having a sharpened tip and a bore therethrough;

    a member having an end formed as a sharpened tip for insertion through tissue and having a lumen therein for accepting the needle, the lumen being disposed to allow extension of the sharpened tip of the needle from the end formed for insertion through tissue, the needle being slidable within the lumen and the lumen being formed to permit the member to ride along the needle;

    a sleeve disposed about the member; and

    ,a wire sized to pass through the bore of the needle.

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