Gregory Paul Mueller,Corbett W. Stone,Paul D. Molina,Farhan Taghizadeh
申请号:
US13708884
公开号:
US09033999B2
申请日:
2012.12.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
A threading device assembly for use in plastic surgery that includes a threading rod and a removable suture assembly secured to the threading rod. The threading rod includes an elongated tube with first and second opposite ends and a reduced diameter portion defined therein, and a translucent light guide extending through the elongated tube. The light guide allows light to be transmitted through the material comprising the light guide from one end of the tube to the other. The removable suture assembly includes a cuff positioned in and at least partially around the reduced diameter portion of the elongated tube, and a suture secured to the cuff.