Surgical threading device with removable suture
AssigneeImplicitcare, LLC
InventorsGregory Paul MUELLER, Corbett W. Stone, Paul D. Molina, Farhan TAGHIZADEH
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Abstract
A threading device assembly for use in plastic surgery that includes a threading rod and a removable suture assembly secured to the threading rod. The threading rod includes an elongated tube with first and second opposite ends and a reduced diameter portion defined therein, and a translucent light guide extending through the elongated tube. The light guide allows light to be transmitted through the material comprising the light guide from one end of the tube to the other. The removable suture assembly includes a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated tube, and a suture secured to the cuff.
Claims17
A threading device assembly for plastic surgery, the threading device assembly comprising:
- a threading rod that includes
- an elongated tube, wherein the elongated tube has first and second opposite ends and a reduced diameter portion defined therein,
- a translucent light guide extending through the elongated tube, thereby allowing light to be transmitted through the material comprising the light guide from one end of the tube to the other, and
- a removable suture assembly secured to the threading rod, wherein the removable suture assembly includes
- a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated tube, and
- a suture secured to the cuff.
A threading device assembly for plastic surgery, the threading device assembly comprising:
- a threading rod that includes
- an elongated rod, wherein the elongated tube has first and second opposite ends and a reduced diameter portion defined therein, and
- a removable suture assembly secured to the threading rod, wherein the removable suture assembly includes
- a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated rod, and
- a suture secured to the cuff.
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a threading device assembly that includes
- an elongated rod having a reduced diameter portion defined therein, and
- a first removable suture assembly secured to the elongated rod, wherein the first removable suture assembly includes a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated rod, and a suture secured to the cuff,
- removing the first removable suture assembly from the elongated rod, and
- securing a second removable suture assembly to the elongated rod, wherein the second removable suture assembly includes a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated rod, and a suture secured to the cuff.
A removable suture assembly comprising a cylindrical cuff having an inner surface, an outer surface, and defines a longitudinal axis, wherein the cylindrical cuff includes a gap defined therein that extends approximately parallel to the axis, and wherein the cylindrical cuff includes an absorbable suture secured thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.