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Sew-right running stitch instrument

  • US 7,211,093 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2004
  • Issued: 05/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical suturing instrument comprising:

  • (a) an elongated shaft;

    (b) a tissue engaging gap formed proximal to an end of the shaft;

    (c) a needle reciprocally movable across the gap from a proximal end of the gap to a distal end of the gap;

    (d) the needle having a ferrule engaging tip(e) a ferrule receiving aperture at a distal end of the gap an element cooperating with the aperture sequentially holding and releasing the ferrule so that in a first mode, the needle engages the ferrule and draws a suture across the gap, and in a second mode, the ferrule is retained in the aperture and the needle separates from the ferrule and is retracted across the gap leaving the ferrule in the aperture.

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