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1. 发明授权

US06263558B1 Method and apparatus for forming double-armed sutures 有权
标题翻译：形成双臂缝合线的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US06263558B1
公开(公告)日：2001-07-24
申请号：US09300957
申请日：1999-04-28
申请人： John F. Blanch , Timothy P. Lenihan , David D. Demarest , William F. Smith
发明人： John F. Blanch , Timothy P. Lenihan , David D. Demarest , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： B23P1904
CPC分类号： A61B17/0467 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , A61B2017/00526 , A61B2017/06028 , A61B2017/0609 , B21G1/08 , B65H54/71 , Y10T29/49929 , Y10T29/5142
摘要： A semi-automated machine for preparing double-armed sutures, i.e., a suture with a surgical needle at either end of the suture, from a bulk supply of surgical needles and an indefinite length of suture material is described. Each of the surgical needles has a suture receiving opening formed therein for receiving a suture. The machine includes a needle singulation station, a precise positioning station, a suture feeding and cutting station, a swage station, a pull-test station and an off-load station. A universal gripper mounted on a rotary indexing device automatically receives each individual needle in a predetermined orientation and conveys the needle for sequential processing from station to station to form the needle-suture assembly. A suture drawing and cutting station automatically inserts an end of the indefinite length of suture into the first of the pair of needles that form the double-armed suture. A swage station is provided for swaging the needle to close the suture receiving opening about the suture to secure said suture thereto. The suture drawing and cutting station then cuts the indefinite length, and inverts the cut end for insertion into the second of the pair of needles. The swage station then swages the second needle to close the suture receiving opening about the suture to secure said suture thereto and thereby form the double-armed suture.
摘要翻译：描述了一种半自动化机器，其用于制备双臂缝合线，即，在缝合线的任一端处的外科用针缝合线，大量供应的外科手术针和不定长度的缝合材料。每个外科用针具有形成在其中的用于接收缝合线的缝合线接收开口。该机器包括一个针式分选站，一个精确的定位站，一个缝合线送料和切割站，一个挤压站，一个拉力试验站和一个卸载站。安装在旋转分度装置上的通用夹具自动地以预定方向接收每个单独的针，并且将针进行顺序处理，从站到站以形成针缝合组件。缝合线图和切割台自动将无限长的缝合线的末端插入形成双臂缝线的一对针头中的第一根缝。提供了一个挤压工位，用于锻造针以围绕缝合线封闭缝合线接收开口以将所述缝合线固定到其上。然后，缝合线切割站切割不定长度，并将切割端反转以插入到针的第二个针中。挤压站然后挤压第二针以围绕缝合线封闭缝合线接收开口以将所述缝合线固定到其上，从而形成双臂缝合线。

2. 发明授权

US06800231B2 Method for cutting suture 失效
标题翻译：切割缝线的方法
公开(公告)号：US06800231B2
公开(公告)日：2004-10-05
申请号：US09776658
申请日：2001-02-05
申请人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , William F. Smith
发明人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： B26D702
CPC分类号： A61B17/0467 , A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , B26D1/065 , B65H51/18 , B65H54/71 , Y10S83/95 , Y10T29/49929 , Y10T29/5142 , Y10T29/53717 , Y10T83/0405 , Y10T83/0414 , Y10T83/0424 , Y10T83/0448 , Y10T83/207 , Y10T83/2183 , Y10T83/2187 , Y10T83/283 , Y10T83/323 , Y10T83/4539 , Y10T83/4564 , Y10T83/4632 , Y10T83/4637 , Y10T83/576 , Y10T83/748 , Y10T83/7487 , Y10T83/75 , Y10T83/8854 , Y10T83/8858 , Y10T83/896
摘要： A method for cuffing suture, including: feeding the suture to a drawing axis for drawing and cutting thereof; heating the suture to stiffen a small length; gripping the suture and alternately drawing it along the drawing axis by first and second grippers; cutting the suture to provide uniform lengths; and providing a predetermined length of suture travel between the heating step and the cutting step, which is a discrete number, two or more, times the uniform length of suture being cut by the apparatus, to provide a discrete number, two or more, of apparatus cutting cycles between heating of the suture and cutting of the suture, whereby after heating of a small length of suture, the suture is cooled to allow setting and hardening of the suture material prior to cutting.
摘要翻译：一种缝合缝合的方法，包括：将缝线进给到牵引轴线进行拉丝和切割; 加热缝合线加固一小段; 夹持缝合线并且通过第一和第二夹持器沿着牵引轴线交替地绘制; 切割缝线以提供均匀的长度; 并且在加热步骤和切割步骤之间提供预定长度的缝合线行进，该切割步骤是由该装置切割的缝合线的均匀长度的离散数量，两倍或更多倍，以提供离散数量，两个或更多个在缝合线加热和切割缝合线之间的装置切割循环，由此在加热一小段缝合线之后，缝合线被冷却以允许切割之前缝合材料的固化和硬化。

3. 发明授权

US06206677B1 Suture cutting system 失效
公开(公告)号：US06206677B1
公开(公告)日：2001-03-27
申请号：US08804478
申请日：1997-02-21
申请人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , William F. Smith
发明人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： B21D3900
CPC分类号： A61B17/0467 , A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , B26D1/065 , B65H51/18 , B65H54/71 , Y10S83/95 , Y10T29/49929 , Y10T29/5142 , Y10T29/53717 , Y10T83/0405 , Y10T83/0414 , Y10T83/0424 , Y10T83/0448 , Y10T83/207 , Y10T83/2183 , Y10T83/2187 , Y10T83/283 , Y10T83/323 , Y10T83/4539 , Y10T83/4564 , Y10T83/4632 , Y10T83/4637 , Y10T83/576 , Y10T83/748 , Y10T83/7487 , Y10T83/75 , Y10T83/8854 , Y10T83/8858 , Y10T83/896
摘要： Apparatus for cutting an indefinite length suture to different lengths for subsequent threading and swaging to surgical needles includes a drawing tower having first and second guide members defining a drawing axis parallel thereto. First and second grippers are provided to grip the indefinite length suture and to alternately draw it along the drawing axis, with each gripper being mounted for reciprocal movement along a guide member. Each gripper alternately grips the suture and draws it a distance beyond the location of a cutter assembly while the other gripper reciprocates to a start position before the cutter assembly. A tipping assembly heats a predetermined small length of the suture to stiffen the suture thereat after subsequent cooling, in preparation for cutting the suture thereat and inserting a stiffened lead cut end of the suture into an end of a needle for swaging thereto. Both the tipping assembly and the cutter assembly are variably positioned in the apparatus to accommodate different cut lengths of suture. A long length of suture travel is provided between the tipping assembly and the cutter assembly which is a discrete number of apparatus cutting cycles between the tipping and cutting operations to allow the tipped suture to cool prior to cutting.

4. 发明授权

US06997305B2 Needle sorting device 失效
标题翻译：针分选装置
公开(公告)号：US06997305B2
公开(公告)日：2006-02-14
申请号：US10644665
申请日：2003-08-20
申请人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
发明人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： B65G27/02
CPC分类号： A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , B25J9/1697 , G05B2219/40005 , G05B2219/45047 , G05B2219/45063 , G06T7/70
摘要： A device for singulating surgical needles from a bulk supply of needles includes a vibratory bowl for receiving the supply of needles. The bowl has a floor to receive the needles, a track extending from the floor to a needle discharge point and a selectively vibrating motor to vibrate the surgical needles into a single file along the track. A discharge device has first and second needle receiving pockets, and positions the first and the second needle receiving pockets below the needle discharge point. A controller selectively vibrates the vibratory bowl and selectively positions the first and second needle pockets below the needle discharge point, the controller singulating individual needles from the single file of needles into the first and second needle receiving pockets. A discharger discharges the singulated needles in a spaced relationship on a conveyor for subsequent imaging at an inspection station.
摘要翻译：用于从大量针头中分离外科针的装置包括用于接收针的供应的振动碗。碗具有接收针的地板，从地板延伸到针排出点的轨道和选择性振动的马达，以将外科手术针沿着轨道振动成单个文件。排出装置具有第一和第二针接收袋，并且将第一和第二针接收袋定位在针排出点下方。控制器选择性地振动振动碗并且将第一和第二针袋选择性地定位在针排出点下方，控制器将单根针从单个针档分离成第一和第二针接收口袋。放电器在输送机上以间隔的关系排出单根针，以便在检查台进行后续成像。

5. 发明授权

US5983601A Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures 失效
标题翻译：用于自动包装针和连接缝线的机器
公开(公告)号：US5983601A
公开(公告)日：1999-11-16
申请号：US20084
申请日：1998-02-06
申请人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , Michael G. Hodulik , Teresa M. Shaw , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco , Matthew Cafone
发明人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , Michael G. Hodulik , Teresa M. Shaw , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco , Matthew Cafone
IPC分类号： B65B7/28 , B65B43/60 , B65B63/04
CPC分类号： B65B7/2842 , B65B43/60
摘要： A machine and a method for the automated packaging of armed sutures or; in effect, surgical needles having sutures attached thereto and, more particularly, an automated machine for the high-speed individualized packaging of single or individual surgical needles each having an attached suture into a tray and detachable cover providing a suture package utilized for the packaging of the individual or single 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 single needle and attached wound suture, and which cover concurrently constitutes a product-identifying label as a component of the tray, and upon removal of the cover enables a user to gain access to the contents of the tray; in essence, the armed suture.
摘要翻译：一种用于自动包装武器缝合线的机器和方法; 实际上，具有附接到其上的缝合线的外科手术针，更具体地，用于单个或单个外科手术针的高速个性化包装的自动化机器，每个外科手术针具有附接的缝合线到托盘和可拆卸盖中，所述缝合包提供用于包装的缝合包单针或单针和连接缝线。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，并且有助于将盖子附接到包含单个针和附接的伤口缝合线的托盘，并且该盖子同时构成产品识别标签作为托盘的组件，并且在移除盖子使得用户能够访问托盘的内容物; 实质上是武装缝合。

6. 发明授权

US06644464B1 Needle sorting device 失效
标题翻译：针分选装置
公开(公告)号：US06644464B1
公开(公告)日：2003-11-11
申请号：US09543693
申请日：2000-04-05
申请人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
发明人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： B65G2702
CPC分类号： A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , B25J9/1697 , G05B2219/40005 , G05B2219/45047 , G05B2219/45063 , G06T7/70
摘要： A device for singulating surgical needles from a bulk supply of needles including a vibratory bowl assembly for receiving said bulk supply of needles. The bowl assembly having a floor to receive the needles, a track extending from the floor to a needle discharge point and a selectively vibrating motor to vibrate the surgical needles into a single file along the track; a discharge device having first and second needle receiving pockets, the device positioning the first and the second needle receiving pockets below said needle discharge point; a controller for selectively vibrating the vibratory bowl and selectively positioning the first and second needle pockets below the needle discharge point, the controller singulating individual needles from the single file of needles into the first and second needle receiving pockets; a discharger for discharging the singulated needles in the first and second needle pockets in a spaced relationship on a conveyor for subsequent imaging at an inspection station.
摘要翻译：一种用于从大量供应针中分离外科针的装置，包括用于接收所述大量针头的振动碗组件。碗组件具有接收针的底板，从地板延伸到针排出点的轨道和选择性振动的马达，以将外科手术针沿着轨道振动成单个文件; 具有第一和第二针接收袋的排出装置，所述装置将所述第一和第二针接收袋定位在所述针排出点下方; 控制器，用于选择性地振动所述振动碗并且将所述第一和第二针袋选择性地定位在所述针排出点下方，所述控制器将单个针从所述单个针档分离成所述第一和第二针接收口袋; 放电器，用于在传送器上以间隔的关系排出第一和第二针袋中的单根针，以便在检查台进行后续成像。

7. 发明授权

US6032343A Automated swage wind and packaging machine 失效
标题翻译：自动吹风包装机
公开(公告)号：US6032343A
公开(公告)日：2000-03-07
申请号：US20085
申请日：1998-02-06
申请人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , Michael G. Hodulik , Teresa M. Shaw , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco , Matthew Cafone
发明人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , Michael G. Hodulik , Teresa M. Shaw , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco , Matthew Cafone
IPC分类号： A61B17/06 , B21G1/08 , B23P11/00 , B21D39/00 , B65B63/04
CPC分类号： G05B19/4182 , A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , Y10T29/51 , Y10T29/53052 , Y10T29/53387
摘要： The present invention is directed to improvements in an Automated Swage Wind and Packaging Machine that is particularly adapted to assist in the automated singulation of surgical needles to enable subsequent automated handling of the needle, automatic swaging of the suture into a receiving end of the needle, automatic pull testing of the combined needle and suture, and automated packaging of the pull tested combined needle and suture into a tray having a cover.
摘要翻译：本发明涉及一种自动模具风和包装机的改进，其特别适用于帮助自动化分割外科用针，以便随后自动处理针头，将缝合线自动模锻到针的接收端，组合针和缝合线的自动拉伸测试，以及拉伸测试的组合针和缝合线自动包装到具有盖的托盘中。

8. 发明授权

US6123185A Needle sorting device 失效
标题翻译：针分选装置
公开(公告)号：US6123185A
公开(公告)日：2000-09-26
申请号：US804039
申请日：1997-02-24
申请人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
发明人： David D. Demarest , John F. Blanch , Timothy Lenihan , Andres Folch , William F. Smith
IPC分类号： A61B17/06 , B21G1/08 , B25J9/16 , G06T7/00 , B65G47/26
CPC分类号： A61B17/06 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B21G1/08 , B25J9/1697 , G06T7/004 , G05B2219/40005 , G05B2219/45047 , G05B2219/45063
摘要： A needle sorting device including an infeed device which first singulates a bulk supply of surgical needles into single file with an intermittently driven vibratory feed bowl assembly, and then individually separates and deposits the needles on a first conveyor for transmission to a processing station with a linear slide discharge mechanism. The first conveyor is translucent and during transit, one or more cameras obtain an image of the individual deposited needles. The image is digitized and the digital signals are transmitted to a control system computer which evaluates the position and orientation for needles and processes the information to obtain data for communication to one or more robot assemblies having grippers. Utilizing the position and orientation data, the robot assembly grippers removes selected needles from the first conveyor and transfers each needle to an engagement device located upon a second precision conveyor. This second precision conveyor is provided with additional devices to further orient the needle transferred thereto. A moveable hard stop is provided at the end of the precision conveyor to provide precise positioning of the needle to an accuracy of 0.001 inch at needle hand-off. Each oriented and precisely positioned needle is conveyed by the second conveyor to an automatic swaging station where sutures are automatically attached.
摘要翻译：一种针分选装置，其包括进料装置，该进料装置首先用间歇驱动的振动进料碗组件将大量供应的外科手术针整形成单个文件，然后在第一输送机上单独地分离和沉积针，以便传送到具有线性滑动排放机构。第一输送机是半透明的，并且在运输过程中，一个或多个照相机获得单个沉积针的图像。图像被数字化，并且数字信号被传送到控制系统计算机，该控制系统计算机评估针的位置和方向，并处理信息以获得用于与具有夹持器的一个或多个机器人组件通信的数据。利用位置和方向数据，机器人组件夹具从第一传送器移除所选择的针，并将每个针转移到位于第二精密输送机上的接合装置。该第二精密输送机设置有另外的装置，以进一步定向转移到其上的针。在精密输送机的末端提供可移动的硬止动器，以在针切换时精确定位针头0.001英寸。每个定向和精确定位的针由第二传送器输送到自动模锻台，其中缝线自动附接。

9. 发明授权

US5987848A Needle transfer arrangement in a machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures 失效
标题翻译：一种机器中的针头传送装置，用于自动包装针头和连接的缝合线
公开(公告)号：US5987848A
公开(公告)日：1999-11-23
申请号：US20091
申请日：1998-02-06
申请人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco
发明人： John F. Blanch , David D. Demarest , Robert A. Daniele , Anthony Esteves , William F. Smith , George Horst Reinemuth , Richard Paul Branco
IPC分类号： A61B17/06 , B65B43/50 , B65B59/00 , B65B11/28
CPC分类号： B65B59/00 , B65B43/50 , A61B17/06133
摘要： A machine for the automated packaging of armed sutures or; in effect, surgical needles having sutures attached thereto and, more particularly, a needle gripper and transfer arrangement in an automated machine for the high-speed individualized packaging into trays of single or individual surgical needles each having an attached suture and a detachable cover providing a suture package utilized for the packaging of the individual or single needles and attached sutures. The machine includes vertically adjustable frame structure so as to adjust the elevation thereof relative to the needle transfer arrangement to facilitate the packaging of differently sized needles in a single size of packaging tray.
摘要翻译：一种用于自动包装武器缝合线的机器; 实际上，外科手术针具有连接到其上的缝合线，更具体地，在自动化机器中的针夹持器和传送装置，用于高速个性化包装到单个或单个外科手术针的托盘中，每个手术针具有附接的缝线和可拆卸盖，用于单个或单个针和附接缝合线的包装的缝线包装。该机器包括可垂直调节的框架结构，以便相对于针传送装置来调节其高度，以便于将不同尺寸的针头包装在单个尺寸的包装托盘中。

10. 发明授权

US5487212A Assembly and packaging method for needle and suture assemblies 失效
标题翻译：针和缝合组件的组装和包装方法
公开(公告)号：US5487212A
公开(公告)日：1996-01-30
申请号：US408727
申请日：1995-03-22
申请人： David Demarest , Robert B. Duncan , Martin Sobel , Timothy P. Lenihan , William Rattan , John F. Blanch , Michael G. Hodulik , Dennis P. Yost
发明人： David Demarest , Robert B. Duncan , Martin Sobel , Timothy P. Lenihan , William Rattan , John F. Blanch , Michael G. Hodulik , Dennis P. Yost
IPC分类号： A61B17/04 , A61B17/00 , A61B17/06 , A61B19/00 , A61B19/02 , A61L17/00 , B65H54/56 , B65H67/044 , B23Q17/00
CPC分类号： B65H67/044 , A61B17/06004 , A61B17/06133 , B65H54/56 , A61B17/0467 , A61B2017/00526 , A61B2017/06028 , A61B2050/006 , A61B2050/0084 , A61B50/33 , A61B90/90 , Y10S83/95 , Y10T29/49771 , Y10T29/49829 , Y10T29/49929 , Y10T29/53052 , Y10T29/53065 , Y10T29/53365 , Y10T29/53374 , Y10T29/53378 , Y10T29/53387 , Y10T29/53404 , Y10T29/53409 , Y10T29/53422 , Y10T29/53717 , Y10T83/2187
摘要： An automated machine for attaching a suture to a surgical needle having a suture receiving opening formed therein, and for packaging the same in a package tray comprises a first workstation including a device for sorting a plurality of needles and orienting each needle for automatic feeding to a second swaging workstation, a second workstation including a device for automatically cutting an indefinite length of suture material to a definite length and a device for automatically swaging the needle to close the suture receiving opening about a free end of the suture to secure the suture thereto and form a needle-suture assembly, a needle packaging station including a device for sequentially receiving at least one of the needle-suture assemblies in a package tray in synchronism with the second workstation, the needle packaging station having a device for automatically winding the depending suture portion of the needle-suture assembly into the package tray, a first indexing device for sequentially receiving individual oriented needles fed from the first workstation and transferring each of the needles from the first workstation to the second workstation to form the needle-suture assembly thereat, the first indexing device sequentially indexing the needle-suture assemblies from the second workstation to the needle packaging station.
摘要翻译：一种用于将缝合线附接到其上形成有缝合线接收开口并且用于将其包装在包装托盘中的缝合线的自动化机器包括第一工作站，其包括用于分选多个针的装置并且将每个针定向以自动馈送到第二模具工作站，第二工作站，其包括用于将不定长度的缝合材料自动切割到一定长度的装置;以及用于自动模锻针以围绕缝合线的自由端封闭缝合线接收开口以将缝合线固定到其上的装置，形成针缝合组件，针包装台包括用于在与第二工作站同步的情况下顺序地接收包装托盘中的至少一个针缝合组件的装置，所述针包装站具有用于自动卷绕所述依靠缝合线的装置针缝线组件的一部分进入包装托盘，第一分度装置用于排列主要接收从第一工作站馈送的单个定向针，并将每个针从第一工作站传送到第二工作站以在其上形成针缝合组件，第一分度设备将针缝合组件从第二工作站顺序地分度到针包装站。

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