DE68921762D1 - Chirurgisches instrument, prothese. - Google Patents

Chirurgisches instrument, prothese.

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DE68921762D1
DE68921762D1 DE68921762T DE68921762T DE68921762D1 DE 68921762 D1 DE68921762 D1 DE 68921762D1 DE 68921762 T DE68921762 T DE 68921762T DE 68921762 T DE68921762 T DE 68921762T DE 68921762 D1 DE68921762 D1 DE 68921762D1
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Peter Emmanuel Petros
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/42—Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0469—Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06066—Needles, e.g. needle tip configurations
    • A61B17/06109—Big needles, either gripped by hand or connectable to a handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B2017/00743—Type of operation; Specification of treatment sites
    • A61B2017/00805—Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06—Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/06004—Means for attaching suture to needle
    • A61B2017/06019—Means for attaching suture to needle by means of a suture-receiving lateral eyelet machined in the needle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/0004—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse
    • A61F2/0031—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra
    • A61F2/0036—Closure means for urethra or rectum, i.e. anti-incontinence devices or support slings against pelvic prolapse for constricting the lumen; Support slings for the urethra implantable
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S128/00—Surgery
    • Y10S128/25—Artificial sphincters and devices for controlling urinary incontinence
DE68921762T 1988-10-04 1989-10-04 Chirurgisches instrument, prothese. Expired - Lifetime DE68921762T2 (de)

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AUPJ075688 1988-10-04
PCT/AU1989/000432 WO1990003766A1 (en) 1988-10-04 1989-10-04 Surgical instrument prosthesis and method of utilisation of such

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DE68921762D1 true DE68921762D1 (en) 1995-04-20
DE68921762T2 DE68921762T2 (de) 1995-08-03

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EP (1) EP0437481B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE119758T1 (de)
BR (1) BR8907704A (de)
DE (1) DE68921762T2 (de)
WO (1) WO1990003766A1 (de)

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