公开(公告)号：US5660024A

公开(公告)日：1997-08-26

申请号：US521978

申请日：1995-08-31

申请人： Konstantin Ivanov ,  Martin Sobel ,  Donald Pompei ,  Joseph Siernos ,  Andrew Chaloka ,  Erwin Bauder ,  Walter Bohringer

发明人： Konstantin Ivanov ,  Martin Sobel ,  Donald Pompei ,  Joseph Siernos ,  Andrew Chaloka ,  Erwin Bauder ,  Walter Bohringer

IPC分类号： A61B17/06 ,  B65B63/04

CPC分类号： B65B63/04 ,  A61B17/06114

摘要： The specification discloses an automated apparatus and method for packaging surgical needles having sutures attached thereto wherein a bundle of needles and sutures are placed at a semi-automated separation station and an operator feeds the needles, one at a time, into a rotating needle feed wheel. As the feed wheel advances, the suture is tensioned and directed along a pre-determined path to separate it from the remaining sutures in the bundle. The apparatus has a plurality of individually rotatable tool nests which are sequentially spaced on a rotating or indexing turntable. These tool nests sequentially receive plastic packages for receiving the needle and suture at a first station. At a second station, a needle is inserted into the package by robotic fingers which have retrieved the needle and attached suture from the rotating needle feed wheel. The rotating needle feed wheel and the rotating tool nests are synchronized to step together as each advances. At a third station, the package and needle are rotated to tension the suture and position the package and the suture for automatic winding of the suture into the package. At a fourth station, the rotatable tool nest is rapidly rotated to wind the suture into a circumferential channel in the package which surrounds the needle.

摘要翻译： 本说明书公开了一种用于包装具有连接到其上的缝线的外科用针的自动化装置和方法，其中一束针和缝合线被放置在半自动分离站处，并且操作者一次一个地将针进给到旋转的针式进给轮 。 当进给轮前进时，缝合线被张紧并沿着预定的路径引导以将其与束中的剩余缝合线分离。 该设备具有多个单独旋转的工具巢，其在旋转或分度转盘上依次间隔开。 这些工具巢依次接收用于在第一站接收针和缝合的塑料包装。 在第二站，用机器人手指将针从旋转的针进给轮中取出并附着缝合线插入包装中。 旋转的进给轮和旋转工具嵌套在每个进给时同步到一起。 在第三站，旋转包装和针以张紧缝合线并定位包装和缝合线，以将缝合线自动卷绕到包装中。 在第四站处，可旋转的工具座被快速旋转以将缝合线卷绕在围绕针的包装中的周向通道中。

公开(公告)号：US4403649A

公开(公告)日：1983-09-13

申请号：US316828

申请日：1981-10-30

申请人： Ben B. Herschel ,  Andrew Chaloka

发明人： Ben B. Herschel ,  Andrew Chaloka

IPC分类号： F24D19/10 ,  F28B1/06 ,  F28F9/007 ,  F28F27/02

CPC分类号： F28F27/02 ,  F28B1/06 ,  F28F9/007 ,  Y10S165/111

摘要： A face-and-bypass heating coil has features which allow the device to be mounted either horizontally or vertically without loss of mechanical or thermal efficiency. The invention includes a frame comprising a pair of side panels which support the working mechanism, and upper and lower panels. A plurality of fixed partitions are attached between the upper and lower panels. A plurality of movable dampers are mounted on shafts and supported by linear ball bearings such that the movable dampers may selectively mate with the fixed partitions. A crank linkage is used to drive the movable dampers into and away from the fixed partitions. The elastic U-shaped structure of the movable dampers resiliently mates with the fixed partitions so as to form a substantially leak-proof seal around the heating tubes.

摘要翻译： 面对和旁路加热线圈具有允许装置水平或垂直安装而不损失机械或热效率的特征。 本发明包括一个框架，该框架包括一对支撑工作机构的侧板以及上下板。 多个固定分隔件安装在上板和下板之间。 多个可移动阻尼器安装在轴上并由线性球轴承支撑，使得可移动阻尼器可以选择性地与固定隔板配合。 曲柄连杆机构用于将可移动阻尼器驱动进入固定分隔壁和远离固定隔板。 可移动阻尼器的弹性U形结构与固定隔板弹性配合，以便在加热管周围形成基本上防漏的密封。

公开(公告)号：US5970688A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-26

申请号：US14841

申请日：1998-01-28

申请人： Taifa Nyiendo ,  Andrew Chaloka ,  Robert Nunez

发明人： Taifa Nyiendo ,  Andrew Chaloka ,  Robert Nunez

IPC分类号： B65B5/04 ,  B65B43/18 ,  B65B43/30 ,  B65B43/14

CPC分类号： B65B5/045 ,  B65B43/18 ,  B65B43/30

摘要： Apparatus for opening an open end of a pouch, an overwrap, or the like so as to facilitate the insertion of an object thereinto includes a number of processing stations, such as a storage station where a supply of pouches is stored and an opening station where an open end of a pouch transported thereto from the storage station is opened so as to receive an object. A transporting mechanism, which includes a suction-type gripper, transports a pouch from the storage station to the opening station and then from the opening station to another station, which may or may not be a processing station. The suction-type gripper of the transporting mechanism continuously grips a pouch throughout its movement from station to station. The opening station may be provided with its own pair of suction-type grippers which cooperate to open a pouch which has been transported to the opening station. Other processing stations include an inspection station for inspecting a pouch transferred from the opening station and a sealing station for sealing a properly filled pouch. The last station is an unloading station having its own suction-type gripper adapted to receive a sealed pouch which is handed off by the suction-type gripper of the transporting mechanism.

摘要翻译： 用于打开小袋的开口端，外包装等以便于物体插入其中的装置包括若干处理站，例如储存袋的储存站和开放站， 打开从储存站运送到其上的小袋的开放端，以便接收物体。 包括抽吸式夹具的输送机构将袋从储存站运送到开放站，然后从开放站运送到另一站，其可以是或可以不是处理站。 运输机构的抽吸式夹持器在其从站到站的整个运动中连续地夹住袋。 打开站可以设置有它自己的一对吸引式夹持器，它们协作打开已被运送到打开站的小袋。 其他处理站包括用于检查从开放站传送的小袋的检查站和用于密封适当填充的小袋的密封站。 最后一个站是一个卸载站，它有自己的吸入式夹具，适用于接收一个由传送机构的抽吸式夹具传递的密封袋。