| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stitching instrument useful for implanting suture in tissue (e.g., cartilaginous tissue). SOLUTION: The instrument has a frame and an elongated tubular member mounted thereto. A suture capture needle having a suture capture opening extends from a distal end of the tube. A needle cannula having a lumen is slidably mounted in a passage of the tubular member. Actuation of a trigger member pivotally mounted to the frame moves a distal end of the cannula needle and a section of suture contained in a lumen in the cannula needle through the suture capture opening, causing the suture section to be retained in the opening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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