Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and
method of utilizing the packaging machine
    5.
    发明授权
    Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and method of utilizing the packaging machine 失效
    用于自动包装针和连接缝线的机器和利用包装机的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5473854A

    公开(公告)日:1995-12-12

    申请号:US181626

    申请日:1994-01-13

    摘要: An automated machine for the high-speed packaging of multiple surgical needles each with an attached suture into a tray and detachable cover structure providing a suture package utilized for the packaging of the needles and attached sutures. Additionally, the automated packaging machine incorporates operative mechanism adapted to wind the sutures into a peripheral channel of the tray and facilitating the attachment of the cover to the tray which contains the needles and attached wound sutures, and from which cover there is concurrently formed a separate product-identifying label as a component of the tray upon removal of the cover to gain access to the contents of the tray. The automated packaging machine also provides for a rotary turret or turntable for the high-speed sequential loading of successive forwardly indexed trays with the needles and attached sutures; the indexed advance of the needle and suture-filled tray to a suitable suture-winding station of the machine, the subsequent conveyance of the trays containing the needles and attached wound sutures to a cover-applying station of the machine to provide the suture packages, and the subsequent automated removal of the completed suture packages from the machine. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to the provision of a novel method for the automated packaging of multiple surgical needles and attached sutures into trays and the application of covers thereto in sequential production steps through the intermediary of the automated packaging machine facilitating the high-speed output of suture packages containing multiple needles and attached sutures.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于多个手术针的高速包装的自动化机器,每个手术针都具有附接的缝合线到托盘中,并且可拆卸的盖结构提供用于针和附接的缝合线的包装的缝合包。 另外,自动包装机包括适于将缝合线卷绕到托盘的周边通道中的操作机构,并且便于将盖连接到包含针和附接的卷绕缝线的托盘,并且从该盖子同时形成单独的 产品识别标签作为托盘的组件,在移除盖子以访问托盘的内容物时。 自动化包装机还提供了一个旋转转盘或转盘,用于高速顺序加载带有针和连接的缝合线的连续向前分度的托盘; 针和缝合线填充的托盘到机器的合适的缝线缠绕站的索引进给,随后将包含针的托盘和附接的伤口缝合线传送到机器的覆盖施加台以提供缝合包装, 并随后从机器自动移除完成的缝线包装。 此外,本发明还涉及提供一种用于将多个外科手术针和连接的缝合线自动包装到托盘中的新方法,以及通过自动包装机的中间件在顺序生产步骤中应用盖子, 速度输出包含多个针和连接的缝合线的缝合包装。

    Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures and
method of utilizing the packaging machine

    公开(公告)号:US5469689A

    公开(公告)日:1995-11-28

    申请号:US385342

    申请日:1995-02-08

    摘要: An automated machine for the high-speed packaging of multiple surgical needles each with an attached suture into a tray and detachable cover structure providing a suture package utilized for the packaging of the needles and attached sutures. Additionally, the automated packaging machine incorporates operative mechanism adapted to wind the sutures into a peripheral channel of the tray and facilitating the attachment of the cover to the tray which contains the needles and attached wound sutures, and from which cover there is concurrently formed a separate product-identifying label as a component of the tray upon removal of the cover to gain access to the contents of the tray. The automated packaging machine also provides for a rotary turret or turntable for the high-speed sequential loading of successive forwardly indexed trays with the needles and attached sutures; the indexed advance of the needle and suture-filled tray to a suitable suture-winding station of the machine, the subsequent conveyance of the trays containing the needles and attached wound sutures to a cover-applying station of the machine to provide the suture packages, and the subsequent automated removal of the completed suture packages from the machine. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to the provision of a novel method for the automated packaging of multiple surgical needles and attached sutures into trays and the application of covers thereto in sequential production steps through the intermediary of the automated packaging machine facilitating the high-speed output of suture packages containing multiple needles and attached sutures.

    Rapid thermal treatment for coloring surgical needles
    7.
    发明授权
    Rapid thermal treatment for coloring surgical needles 有权
    快速热处理染色手术针

    公开(公告)号:US07887746B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-15

    申请号:US11956120

    申请日:2007-12-13

    IPC分类号: C21D1/00 C21D1/74

    摘要: An apparatus for thermally treating and coloring a plurality of curved suture needles. The apparatus includes a conveyer for transferring the plurality of curved suture needles from a source of curved suture needles to a receiver, a housing positioned adjacent the conveyer, the housing having a first end, a second end, and an opening running from the first end to the second end, the opening aligned with the conveyer to enable the plurality of curved suture needles to pass therethrough, a heat source located within the housing for heating the plurality of curved suture needles as the plurality of curved suture needles are transferred by the conveyer from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing and a system for providing a gas mixture containing a fractional concentration of oxygen to oxidize and colorize the surfaces of the plurality of curved suture needles as the plurality of suture needles pass through the housing. A process for thermally treating and coloring a plurality of curved suture needles to colorize and enhance the stiffness and yield moment of the curved suture needles is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于热处理和着色多个弯曲缝合针的装置。 该装置包括用于将多个弯曲缝合针从弯曲缝合针的源转移到接收器的输送机,邻近输送机定位的壳体,壳体具有第一端,第二端和从第一端延伸的开口 在第二端,开口与输送机对准,使得多个弯曲的缝合针能够通过,当多个弯曲的缝合针被传送器传送时,位于壳体内的热源用于加热多个弯曲的缝合针 从壳体的第一端到壳体的第二端,以及用于提供含有分数浓度的氧的气体混合物的系统,以便当多个缝合针穿过所述多个缝合针时,多个弯曲缝合针的表面氧化和着色 住房。 还提供了一种用于热处理和着色多个弯曲缝合针以使着色和增强弯曲缝合针的刚度和屈服力矩的方法。

    Thermal Forming of Refractory Alloy Surgical Needles
    8.
    发明申请
    Thermal Forming of Refractory Alloy Surgical Needles 审中-公开
    耐火合金手术针的热成型

    公开(公告)号:US20090234385A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-17

    申请号:US12471524

    申请日:2009-05-26

    IPC分类号: A61B17/06 B21D31/00

    摘要: A method of thermal forming of refractory alloy suture needles is disclosed. Needle blanks made from refractory alloys are used to form surgical needles, which are heated to a temperature above the ductile to brittle transition temperature but below the recrystallization temperature of the refractory alloy. The heated needle blanks are then mechanically formed into a surgical needle.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种耐火合金缝合针的热成型方法。 由耐火合金制成的针坯用于形成外科用针,其被加热到高于延展性至脆性转变温度但低于难熔合金的再结晶温度的温度。 然后将加热的针毛坯机械地形成为外科用针。

    RAPID THERMAL TREATMENT FOR COLORING SURGICAL NEEDLES
    9.
    发明申请
    RAPID THERMAL TREATMENT FOR COLORING SURGICAL NEEDLES 有权
    用于染色手术针的快速热处理

    公开(公告)号:US20090151823A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-18

    申请号:US11956120

    申请日:2007-12-13

    IPC分类号: C21D9/00

    摘要: An apparatus for thermally treating and coloring a plurality of curved suture needles. The apparatus includes a conveyer for transferring the plurality of curved suture needles from a source of curved suture needles to a receiver, a housing positioned adjacent the conveyer, the housing having a first end, a second end, and an opening running from the first end to the second end, the opening aligned with the conveyer to enable the plurality of curved suture needles to pass therethrough, a heat source located within the housing for heating the plurality of curved suture needles as the plurality of curved suture needles are transferred by the conveyer from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing and a system for providing a gas mixture containing a fractional concentration of oxygen to oxidize and colorize the surfaces of the plurality of curved suture needles as the plurality of suture needles pass through the housing. A process for thermally treating and coloring a plurality of curved suture needles to colorize and enhance the stiffness and yield moment of the curved suture needles is also provided.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于热处理和着色多个弯曲缝合针的装置。 该装置包括用于将多个弯曲缝合针从弯曲缝合针的源转移到接收器的输送机,邻近输送机定位的壳体,壳体具有第一端,第二端和从第一端延伸的开口 在第二端,开口与输送机对准,使得多个弯曲的缝合针能够通过,当多个弯曲的缝合针被传送器传送时,位于壳体内的热源用于加热多个弯曲的缝合针 从壳体的第一端到壳体的第二端,以及用于提供含有分数浓度的氧的气体混合物的系统,以便当多个缝合针穿过所述多个缝合针时,多个弯曲缝合针的表面氧化和着色 住房。 还提供了一种用于热处理和着色多个弯曲缝合针以使着色和增强弯曲缝合针的刚度和屈服力矩的方法。

    THERMAL FORMING OF REFRACTORY ALLOY SURGICAL NEEDLES
    10.
    发明申请
    THERMAL FORMING OF REFRACTORY ALLOY SURGICAL NEEDLES 审中-公开
    烧结合金手术针的热成型

    公开(公告)号:US20080300552A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-04

    申请号:US11756668

    申请日:2007-06-01

    IPC分类号: A61M5/34

    摘要: A method of thermal forming of refractory alloy suture needles is disclosed. Needle blanks made from refractory alloys are used to form surgical needles, which are heated to a temperature above the ductile to brittle transition temperature but below the recrystallization temperature of the refractory alloy. The heated needle blanks are then mechanically formed into a surgical needle.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种耐火合金缝合针的热成型方法。 由耐火合金制成的针坯用于形成外科用针,其被加热到高于延展性至脆性转变温度但低于难熔合金的再结晶温度的温度。 然后将加热的针毛坯机械地形成为外科用针。