THERMAL SUTURE WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD

A method of suture welding is disclosed which includes: receiving suture segments between first and second jaw members, the first and second jaw members being in an open state, closing the first and second jaw members to captively hold and position the suture segments between the first and second ja...

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Hauptverfasser:	EGAN, THOMAS, BOUDREAU, KEITH, HUI, PHILLIP, SNELL, DOUGLAS, MORGAN, DAN, MARRO, DAVID, YANNONE, JOHN, WESTHAVER, PAUL, HARRINGTON, FRANCIS, P, MCCORMICK, DANIEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING DIAGNOSIS ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PERFORMING OPERATIONS SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS SURGERY TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of suture welding is disclosed which includes: receiving suture segments between first and second jaw members, the first and second jaw members being in an open state, closing the first and second jaw members to captively hold and position the suture segments between the first and second jaw members; selectively applying an elongated joiner element to the suture segments where the joiner element has a selectively operative heating element facing the suture segments; and applying energy to the heating element to weld the suture segments-to-be-welded, whereby the heating element has a temperature above a predetermined threshold adapted to at least partially melt the suture segments. L'invention concerne un procédé de soudage de suture qui consiste : à recevoir des segments de suture entre un premier et un second élément de mâchoire, ces éléments étant à l'état ouvert; à fermer les premier et second éléments de mâchoire afin de maintenir les segments de suture captifs et de les positionner entre les premier et second éléments de mâchoire; à appliquer sélectivement un élément d'assemblage allongé sur les segments de suture, cet élément comprenant un élément de chauffage sélectivement fonctionnel opposé aux segments de suture; et à appliquer de l'énergie sur l'élément de chauffage pour souder les segments de suture, ledit élément de chauffage présentant une température supérieure à un seuil prédéterminé conçu pour fondre au moins partiellement les segments de suture.