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Title:
SURGICAL NEEDLE SWAGING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000060863
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To make the device applicable to various types of operation needles by providing the device with a first die having first and second members and a second die having at least one surface and swaging the operation needle arranged between both dies by the relative motion of both dies.

The die 12a of a pair of the swaging dies 12a, 12b is constituted by movably providing a base die member 14a with a thin and slender box-shaped sliding die member 16a. A swaging portion 18a having an engaging surface 20a and a contact surface 22a is formed at one end of this sliding die member 16a, this swaging portion 18a is formed to a thickness indicating the land width of the operation needle to be swaged. A projecting part 30a having a chip portion 32a and a pair of flanks 34a, 36a is formed at a main body 26a of the base die member 14a and the flank 34a is inclined to approximately 45° with the axis in the longitudinal direction of the main body 26a. On the other hand, the flank 36a of the projection 30a is inclined at a sharp angle with the axis in the longitudinal direction of the main body 26.


Inventors:
Tannhauser, Robert J.
Zdanowicz, Martin
Patel, Himanshu
Dalrymple Jr., Richard L.
Application Number:
JP1999000152568
Publication Date:
February 29, 2000
Filing Date:
May 31, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ETHICON INC
International Classes:
A61B17/04; A61B17/06; B21G1/02; B21G1/08; A61B17/04; A61B17/06; B21G1/00; (IPC1-7): A61B17/04; B21G1/02