Patents Assigned to Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Ind.
  • Wound closure assembly and method of use
    Patent number: 5972005
    Abstract: A wound suturing assembly and method of use employing elastically precurved suture needles for piercing a patient's tissue to suture closed a wound. The needles are ejected out of the assembly and whereupon they assume a pre-curved shape and in the process curve back to pierce the tissue a second time prior to reentering the assembly. Each needle carries a length of suture through the wound so that the sutures can be tied and the wound tightly sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Ind.
    Inventors: Kent C.B. Stalker, Bruce M. Wilson