Patents Assigned to Starion Instruments, Corp.
  • Suture welding device
    Patent number: 6866672
    Abstract: Devices for welding suture segments in lieu of tying knots in sutures applied during endoscopic surgery. The devices provide for snaring loose suture ends and drawing the suture ends into a space between heating surfaces, and provide for closing the heating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Starion Instruments, Corp.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Theodore Kucklick