Patent ID: 6126666
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for inserting a surgical suture needle into an endoscopic suture apparatus having jaws with needle supports in which a surgical suturing needle is retained, said device comprising: two legs supported so as to be movable relative to each other, one of said legs having a pin projecting therefrom toward the other leg and the other leg having, an opening receiving said pin so as to provide guidance for the movement of said two legs relative to each other, one of said legs further having a front end including means for receiving a jaw of an endoscopic suturing apparatus, and the other leg having needle engagement means for holding said surgical needle in a predetermined position such that one needle tip enters said needle support in said surgical suturing apparatus jaw when said other leg holding said needle is moved toward said one leg, when said one leg is slipped onto said surgical suturing apparatus jaw.