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Suturing instrument

  • US 5,830,220 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1997
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A suturing instrument for use in a suturing procedure, comprisinga substantially rigid guide tube having opposite open ends which are distal and proximal relative to a person using the instrument, said guide tube having a shank portion and a distal end portion extending generally laterally with respect to the shank portion,a handle on the shank portion of the guide tube generally adjacent the proximal end of the guide tube,a stiff but flexible shaft inside the guide tube having a distal end part movable distally relative to the guide tube to extend through and beyond the open distal end of the guide tube, anda suture thread holder on the distal end part of the shaft,said shaft being manually movable longitudinally relative to the guide tube to move the distal end part of the shaft from a retracted position in which the suture thread holder is generally adjacent the open distal end of the guide tube, to an extended position in which the suture thread holder is farther away from the distal end of the guide tube and farther away from the shank portion of the guide tube, the distal end portion of the guide tube being configured to guide the distal end part of the shaft and the suture thread holder thereon along a substantially straight path extending generally laterally at an angle of not less than about ninety degrees with respect to the shank portion of the guide tube.

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