LOADER FOR SURGICAL SUTURING INSTRUMENT

摘要

A quick loader (36) for a surgical suturing instrument (10) of the type having at least one ferrule receiving chamber (46) and a suture receiving passage (52), includes a loader body (38) having a recess (40) formed therein for receiving an end of a surgical suturing instrument (10), a seat (44) adjacent the recess (40) for releasably holding at least one ferrule-tipped end of a suture (24) in the seat (44), the seat (44) being aligned and adjacent to a ferrule receiving chamber (46) in the suturing instrument (10) when the instrument (10) is positioned in the recess (40) for permitting the transfer of ferrules (21) from the seat (44) on the loader (36) into the ferrule receiving chamber (46).