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US 2017/0360432 A1Published application
Loader for surgical suturing
AssigneeLSI Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJude S. Sauer, Angelo John Martellaro
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Abstract
A loader for a surgical suturing instrument is disclosed. The loader has a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument. The loader also has a tube interface. The loader further has one or more ferrule holders. The loader also has one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.
Claims1
A loader for a surgical suturing instrument, comprising:
- a head having a protrusion configured to be releasably held by a tissue bite area of a surgical suturing instrument;
- a tube interface;
- one or more ferrule holders;
- and
- one or more ferrules, each corresponding to and held by one of the one or more ferrule holders and coupled to a suture end that leads from a tube releasably held by the tube interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.