摘要 |
A device for loading a surgical knotting element on an applicator tool. One embodiment of the device includes a channel dimensioned to receive an applicator tool comprising a coupling. A surgical knotting element comprises a coupling complementary to the coupling of an applicator tool and a suture path. A carriage receives the surgical knotting element. The carriage is moveable in a transverse direction relative the channel between a first position where the knotting element is misaligned with the channel and a second position where the couplings are engaged with one another. A device for threading suture into a surgical knotting element. In one embodiment the device comprises a knotting element having an inner tubular member, an outer tubular member, and a nonlinear suture path. A flexible suture guide has a proximal portion, a distal portion comprising a flared loop positioned outside the suture path, and a medial portion intermediate the proximal and distal portions, the medial portion being preloaded in the suture path. |
申请人 |
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.;CROPPER, MICHAEL, S.;SCHWEMBERGER, RICHARD, F.;STAMMEN, JOHN, L.;COE, JONATHAN, A.;MISER, JAMES, W., JR. |
发明人 |
CROPPER, MICHAEL, S.;SCHWEMBERGER, RICHARD, F.;STAMMEN, JOHN, L.;COE, JONATHAN, A.;MISER, JAMES, W., JR. |