Inventors:
Jude S. Sauer - Victor NY, US
Assignee:
LSI SOLUTIONS, INC. - Victor NY
International Classification:
A61B 17/04
Abstract:
A surgical suturing instrument has a chamber for receiving and aligning a ferrule with a reciprocating needle. The chamber includes a plurality of protuberant concave and convex surfaces for positioning and aligning the ferrule within the chamber and the plurality of suture receiving chambers disposed between the aligning ridges for receiving a suture and preventing the suture from jamming the ferrule in the chamber.