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US 2007/0185503 A1Published application
Suture instrument
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorTakayasu MIKKAICHI
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Abstract
A suture instrument includes a gripping portion that grips a plurality of tissue pieces by sandwiching them, and a suture needle that punctures and sutures the plurality of tissue pieces, the suture needle is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, and a direction of the forward or backward movement of the suture needle is set in a direction that intersects the tissue pieces gripped by the gripping portion.
Claims10
A suture instrument comprising:
- a gripping portion that grips a plurality of tissue pieces by sandwiching them;
- and
- a suture needle that punctures and sutures the plurality of tissue pieces, and is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, wherein
- a direction of the forward or backward movement of the suture needle is set to a direction that intersects the tissue pieces gripped by the gripping portion.
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A suture instrument comprising:
- a gripping portion having gripping surfaces that grip a plurality of tissue pieces by sandwiching them;
- and
- a suture needle that punctures and sutures the plurality of tissue pieces, and is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, wherein
- a direction of the forward or backward movement of the suture needle at least when the suture needle is puncturing the tissue pieces is set to a direction that intersects a plane containing the gripping surfaces.
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A suture instrument comprising:
- a gripping portion that grips a tissue piece by sandwiching it;
- and
- a suture needle that punctures and sutures the tissue piece, and is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, wherein
- a direction of the forward or backward movement of the suture needle is set in a direction that intersects the tissue piece gripped by the gripping portion.
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A suture instrument comprising:
- a gripping portion having gripping surfaces that grip a tissue piece by sandwiching it;
- and
- a suture needle that punctures and sutures the tissue piece, and is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, wherein
- at least a direction of the forward or backward movement of the suture needle when the suture needle is puncturing the tissue piece is set in a direction that intersects a plane containing the gripping surfaces.
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A suture instrument comprising:
- a gripping portion that grips a tissue piece by sandwiching it;
- and
- a suture needle that punctures and sutures the tissue piece, and is supported so as to be able to move forwards or backwards relative to the gripping portion, wherein
- a space that is capable of receiving a distal end of the suture needle is formed in at least a portion of the gripping portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.