Loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being a mirror image thereto;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a loading mechanism for a surgical suturing instrument showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being identical to that shown in FIG. 6.

The end elevational views of the second embodiment are identical to that shown in FIGS. 2 and 5.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D298967 December 13, 1988 Hunt
D299270 January 3, 1989 Green et al.
5411522 May 2, 1995 Trott
Patent History
Patent number: D374284
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 6, 1994
Date of Patent: Oct 1, 1996
Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT)
Inventors: Corbett W. Stone (Newtown, CT), Stephen W. Zlock (Hawthorne, NY), David A. Nicholas (Trumbull, CT), David Farascioni (Bethel, CT)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: I. Simmons
Application Number: 0/29,486