Patent ID: 8403944
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for putting in suture loops made from a shape-memory metal thread, the device having a form of a gun with a body having a barrel, a grip handle and a control component, a hollow aiming rod extending coaxially beyond a first end of the barrel, a cylinder containing said shape-memory metal threads, extending coaxially beyond a free end of the aiming rod, said rod being subject to means, under action of the control component, for allowing a shape-memory metal thread ejection means to move so that a loop is formed on emergence of a shape-memory metal thread from the cylinder, wherein the cylinder is mounted to an end of a translationally fixed shaft extending inside and through the aiming rod into the barrel, an other end of said shaft engaging with means for partially rotating the shaft and, concomitantly, said cylinder, upon and by release of said control component, in order to position another shape-memory metal thread opposite said ejection means.