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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056331 | Suture method A method for joining and holding closed a wound in bodily tissue, fastening junctions of wounds, tying off wounds, joining a foreign element to tissue, and altering the position of tissue using a barbed suture including sharp pointed ends. Each end of the suture inc... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6939365 | Fixturing assembly A fixturing assembly is provided that includes a needle and a fixturing device. The needle includes a first sharpened end and a second end including a can. The fixturing device includes an elongate filament having first and second ends, and an enlarged fixturing dev... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6605097 | Apparatus and method for treating female urinary incontinence A surgical instrument for introducing a support strand into the body to treat female urinary incontinence has an elongated, curved shaft with a distal end insertable into the body. The shaft has a lumen therein extending at least a portion of the length o... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6120526 | Delivery devices for bioabsorbable staples The present invention reveals bioabsorbable staples, delivery systems for the application of the bioabsorbable staples and methods for tissue closure. The delivery systems include a semi-automatic device for applying one or more bioabsorbable staples and ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5741299 | Puncture-proof suture needle assembly The surgical suturing assembly of the present invention protects a user from accidental puncture wounds. A surgical needle is contained within a rigidly-walled protective casing, having a proximate end defining a first aperture through which the needle is... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5507798 | Surgical needle-suture attachment for controlled suture release A method for producing a detachable surgical needle-suture combination of the type incorporating a fluid swellable suture material is capable of producing needle-suture attachments which conform to the prescribed minimum pull-out forces for detachable nee... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5306288 | Combined surgical needle-suture device A combined surgical needle-suture device is provided by attaching the reduced shank of a needle and the tip region of a suture to each other through a heat shrinkable tubing fitted around both, the axial length of the tubing bearing a defined relationship... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5259845 | Surgical needle-suture attachment with a lubricated suture tip for controlled suture release A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing to connect the needle to a suture possessing a lubricated tip.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5226912 | Combined surgical needle-braided suture device A surgical needle is attached to a braided suture of particular construction to provide a combined surgical needle-braided suture device. A shrinkable tubing is employed to secure the needle to the suture. The tubing shrinks in response to the application... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5156615 | Surgical needle-suture attachment for controlled suture release A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing and a bonding agent to attach the needle to the suture.... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5133738 | Combined surgical needle-spiroid braided suture device A surgical needle is attached to a spiroid braided suture to provide a combined surgical needle-spiroid braided suture device. A shrinkable tubing is employed to secure the needle to the suture. The tubing shrinks in response to the application of energy,... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5102418 | Method for attaching a surgical needle to a suture A method for needle-suture attachment and needle-suture combinations are provided. A shrinkable tubing is employed to secure the needle to the suture. The tubing shrinks in response to heat. Suture materials which are heat labile are desensitized prior to... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5089010 | Surgical needle-suture attachment possessing weakened suture segment for controlled suture release A combined surgical needle-suture device and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing to connect the needle to a suture possessing a weakened segment. Separation of the needle from the suture is achieved by providing a weakened sut... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5084063 | Surgical needle-suture attachment A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing and a suture having an expandable tip region to connect the needle to the suture.... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5080667 | Sterile surgical needle-suture combination A needle-suture combination with reduced diameter portion of the suture being attached to the blunt end of the needle. The maximum diameter of the suture being almost the same but no larger than the diameter of the blunt end of the needle and the reduced ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5067959 | Surgical needle-suture attachement for controlled suture release A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing and a bonding agent to attach the needle to the suture.... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5059212 | Surgical needle-suture attachment for controlled separation of the needle from the suture A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing to connect the needle to the suture. The tip of the suture which is connected to the needle possesse... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5051107 | Surgical needle-suture attachment for controlled suture release A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing to connect the needle to the suture. A tensioning force is applied to the device to bring the averag... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5041128 | Combined surgical needle-suture device possessing an integrated suture cut-off feature Attachment of a surgical needle to a suture to provide a combined surgical needle-suture device employs a shrinkable tubing possessing a suture cutting edge. Separation of the needle from the suture can be achieved when desired by bringing the suture to b... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4981149 | Method for suturing with a bioabsorbable needle Suture devices, primarily for use in endoscopic surgery, include a suture needle made of bioabsorbable material for pulling a length of suture material through bodily tissue allowing the suture needle to be inadvertently or intentionally left in the tissu... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4932963 | Combined surgical needle-suture device possessing an integrated suture cut-off feature A combined surgical needle-suture device is disclosed in which the suture is received into a socket, or recess, formed within the blunt end of the needle, the entrance to the socket being defined by a circumferential sloping surface which terminates at it... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4127133 | Bonded controlled release needle-suture combinations Needle-suture combinations are provided wherein a needle having an axial opening in the blunt end thereof for receiving a suture is bonded to the suture with a hot melt wax composition having sufficient bonding strength to secure the needle to the suture ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4124027 | Controlled release sutures A controlled release needle-suture combination wherein a fluid swellable suture is attached to a surgical needle having an oversized blind axial opening by inserting the suture into the full depth of the opening and swaging the needle over the outermost p... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4054144 | Short-crimp surgical needle Surgical needles are attached to sutures with controlled pull-out characteristics by a short crimp--that is a crimp whose length is markedly less than the length of the end of the suture in the needle; with an essentially undistorted portion of the needle... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4010756 | Heart pacer lead wire with break-away needle A surgical electrode consisting of an insulated stainless steel wire having needles conductively affixed at one or both ends, at least one needle having a blunt end with a straight shank and having a weakened zone between the straight shank end and the op... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3981307 | Thermal attachment of surgical sutures to needles A method is provided for anchoring a suture to a needle in which a suture tip is inserted into a recess in the blunt end of a needle and the needle is thereafter heated to expand the suture tip within the recess into tight engagement with the recess walls... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3980177 | Controlled release suture A needle-suture combination is provided which has a suture pull-out value between 3 ounces and 26 ounces. The suture, one end of which is sized with a resin and smaller in diameter than the rest of the suture, is manufactured by placing the suture under t... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3963031 | Juncture-lubricated needle-suture combination A needle-suture combination is provided in which a lubricant layer is provided at the juncture between the needle and the suture and specifically between the inner surfaces of a recess in the blunt end of the needle and the outer surface of one tip of the... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3949756 | Sutures with notch near needle-suture junction A needle-suture combination is provided in which the suture has a weakened segment adjacent its attachment to the needle. The weakened segment is provided by a notch which reduces the effective cross-sectional area of the suture by a controlled amount. Th... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3943933 | Suture with radiation degradation near needle-suture junction A needle-suture combination is provided in which the suture has a radiation-weakened segment adjacent to its attachment to the needle. The radiation-weakened segment permits a surgeon to separate the needle from the suture by a sharp tug.... | 03/16/1976 |
