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:
June 19, 2000
Date of Patent:
August 13, 2002
Assignee:
Starion Instruments Corporation
Inventors:
Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Theodore Kucklick
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