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Sewing device

  • US 5,792,153 A
  • Filed: 12/16/1996
  • Issued: 08/11/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sewing device for passing a thread through a tissue substrate portion, which comprises a hollow needle movable between a first position on one side of the substrate portion in which it is out of the substrate portion and a second position in which it passes through the substrate portion and toward a portion of the sewing device on a through side of the substrate, and a capturable thread carrier attached to the thread and receivable within the hollow needle such that the carrier can be passed through the substrate by the needle and become captured by the portion of the sewing device on the through side of the substrate.

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