Button for surgical applications
Patent 4291698 Issued on September 29, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 28, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 28, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2087420 3461876 Securing devices for sutures Attachment for fishing lines Encircling devices Patent #: 4183120 Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 06/098184 filed on 11/28/1979US Classes:606/232, Suture retaining means (e.g., buttons)24/132AA, Pivotal means with plate aperture24/464, Having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap24/543Integral locking-meansExaminersPrimary: Thaler, Michael H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61B 17/04 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1978-12-09 DEAbstractA button for surgical applications comprising a disk having a slot which extends to a passage for guiding a thread therethrough within the circumference of the disk, said passage being sealed by a clamping device for clamping the thread firmly in the passage. The clamping device includes a disk segment movable parallel with the disk over the slot and passage to a latched position where its inner marginal part is past the passage thereby bending the thread and holding it by friction and compression. | |
