US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 144
.~.~ Mechanical suture or ligature applier

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606 /   HD   SURGERY

1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
139  DF  .~ Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier {4}
144.~.~ Mechanical suture or ligature applier {3}
145  DF  .~.~.~> Shuttle action by suture passing device
146  DF  .~.~.~> Spool feeds suture to needle
147  DF  .~.~.~> Means for clamping needle to handle

DEFINITION

Classification: 606/144

Mechanical suture or ligature applier:

(under subclass 139) Subject matter comprising means based on the use of levers or inclined planes which is contrived and devised to manipulate or contort a thread-like filament around or through body tissue so as to form a compressive constraint to isolate a tissue mass or to form unlocked stitches or interlacings between tissue masses which are

being joined, approximated, or otherwise connected.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

81, Tools,

300+, for pliers of general utility.

112, Sewing,

169+, for similar devices which form a locked stitch.

223, Apparel Apparatus, 104, for awls carrying a thread supply in the handle.