Swaging systems for attaching surgical needles to sutures and testing attachment strengths

A swaging system for attaching surgical needles to sutures and testing the attachment strength includes a bottom swaging die and a top swaging die that is configured to move up and down along a swaging axis that is in alignment with the bottom swaging die. The bottom swaging die includes a swaging t...

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Hauptverfasser:	Cichocki, Jr., Frank Richard, Cannara, Alexander M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS FORGE FURNACES FORGING HAMMERING HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES,RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS MAKING NEEDLES, PINS OR NAILS OF METAL MEASURING MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRESSING METAL PUNCHING METAL RIVETING SURGERY TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A swaging system for attaching surgical needles to sutures and testing the attachment strength includes a bottom swaging die and a top swaging die that is configured to move up and down along a swaging axis that is in alignment with the bottom swaging die. The bottom swaging die includes a swaging tool mounted thereon that extends toward the top swaging die along the swaging axis. The swaging tool includes an upper end having a top surface with a swaging notch for swaging a needle to a suture to form an armed surgical needle, and a testing notch, adjacent the swaging notch, for conducting a pull test on the armed surgical needle.