Patents Assigned to Pierce Instruments, Inc.
  • Knot pusher
    Patent number: 5176691
    Abstract: A device is provided for advancing a winding of a knot through a space which is too small for conventional methods. The device can be used, for example, to advance the knot of a suture through an endoscopic portal. The device has opposed pulley-like surface for guiding the ends of the suture away from the winding as the winding is advanced through the portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Pierce Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Javin Pierce
  • Loop stitcher
    Patent number: D343728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Pierce Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: Javin C. Pierce