J. Donald Hill,Geoff Briggs,Michael Sims,Cameron Dale Hinman
申请号：
US11674372
公开号：
US09326851B2
申请日:
2007.02.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus for automatically fixing sutures used in the surgical replacement of a heart valve, including a first cylinder having a first end and a second end and an interior surface and an exterior surface, and first means for securing fixing suture formed on the exterior surface adjacent to the second end of the first cylinder. The apparatus also includes a second cylinder having second means for securing fixing suture formed on an interior surface of the second cylinder, such that the second means corresponds to and fixedly engages the first means for securing fixing suture, and the first means and the second means secure fixing sutures therebetween.
