ATE271348T1 - Vorrichtung zum verschliessen einer wunde - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum verschliessen einer wunde

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ATE271348T1
ATE271348T1 AT97202851T AT97202851T ATE271348T1 AT E271348 T1 ATE271348 T1 AT E271348T1 AT 97202851 T AT97202851 T AT 97202851T AT 97202851 T AT97202851 T AT 97202851T AT E271348 T1 ATE271348 T1 AT E271348T1
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needles
suture
wound
movable
stage
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AT97202851T
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Terrence J Buelna
Wayne A Noda
Paul Lubock
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Medtronic Ave Inc
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    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0469—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
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    • A61B17/0483—Hand-held instruments for holding sutures
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    • A61B17/062—Needle manipulators
    • A61B17/0625—Needle manipulators the needle being specially adapted to interact with the manipulator, e.g. being ridged to snap fit in a hole of the manipulator
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    • A61B2017/00349—Needle-like instruments having hook or barb-like gripping means, e.g. for grasping suture or tissue
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    • A61B17/0057—Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect
    • A61B2017/00637—Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect for sealing trocar wounds through abdominal wall
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    • A61B17/0057—Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect
    • A61B2017/00646—Type of implements
    • A61B2017/00663—Type of implements the implement being a suture
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    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/0057—Implements for plugging an opening in the wall of a hollow or tubular organ, e.g. for sealing a vessel puncture or closing a cardiac septal defect
    • A61B2017/00672—Locating means therefor, e.g. bleed back lumen
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    • A61B2017/00982—General structural features
    • A61B2017/00986—Malecots, e.g. slotted tubes, of which the distal end is pulled to deflect side struts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0469—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
    • A61B2017/047—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery having at least one proximally pointing needle located at the distal end of the instrument, e.g. for suturing trocar puncture wounds starting from inside the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
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    • A61B17/0469—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
    • A61B2017/0472—Multiple-needled, e.g. double-needled, instruments

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  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
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AT97202851T 1996-09-19 1997-09-17 Vorrichtung zum verschliessen einer wunde ATE271348T1 (de)

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US08/715,714 US5846253A (en) 1995-07-14 1996-09-19 Wound closure apparatus and method

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EP (1) EP0830843B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE271348T1 (de)
CA (1) CA2212306A1 (de)
DE (1) DE69729920T2 (de)

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