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US3799169A
US3799169A US00252176A US25217672A US3799169A US 3799169 A US3799169 A US 3799169A US 00252176 A US00252176 A US 00252176A US 25217672 A US25217672 A US 25217672A US 3799169 A US3799169 A US 3799169A
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  • ABSTRACT A surgical needle is manufactured with an open channel at the blunt end thereof sized to receive a suture.
  • the suture is bonded to the channel with an adhesive that prevents pull-out of the suture as it passes through tissue. After suturing, the surgeon may easily remove the needle from the suture by turning the needle so that the channel is at an angle of about 90 to the direction of the suture and peeling the suture out of the channel.
  • any deficiencies of the swaging method referred to above may be eliminated by utilizing an open channel at the blunt end of the surgical needle.
  • the bottom and two sides of this channel define a space slightly larger than the diameter of the suture to be attached so that the suture may be placed within the channel and bonded to the needle with an adhesive.
  • the bond between the needle and the attached suture, along the length of the open channel is sufficient to prevent pull-out of the suture as the surgeon passes the needle through tissue.
  • the needle can be easily removed from the suture at any time by simply turning it so that the channel is at an angle of about 90 to the direction of the suture and pulling the needle in a direction opposite to the channel opening.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide the sur-. geon with a needle-suture combination that will reduce the time that the surgical patient must spend in the operating room.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a lateral release needle-suture combinationthat maybe pull tested without destructionj
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a curved surgical needle-suture combination illustrating the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the needle-suture combination of FIG. 1 illustrating the method of separating the suture from the needle;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the blunt end of a needle, illustrating one aspect of the present invention
  • FIG. 3a is an end view of the needle of FIG. 3 showing the suture in place; 1
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a modification of the open channel shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 illustrates another modification of the open channel shown in FIG. 3
  • FIG. 6 illustrates yet another modification of the open channel shown in FIG. 3
  • FIG. 6a is an end view of the needle illustrated in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 7 illustrates still another modification of the needle shown in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 7a is an end view of the needle illustrated in FIG. 7 showing the suture in place
  • FIG. 8 illustrates another modification of the needle shown in FIG. 3
  • FIG. 8d is an end view of the needle illustrated in FIG. 8 showing the suture in place
  • FIG. 9 illustrates another modification of the needle shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 9a is an end view of the needle illustrated in FIG. 9 showing the suture in place.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a half-circle surgical needle having an open channel 10 at the blunt end thereof.
  • the channel 10 has a bottom 11 and two sides 12 and 13 which define a space slightly larger than the diameter of a suture 14 to be attached.
  • the suture 14 is bonded to the bottom of the needle with an adhesive composition 15.
  • FIG. 2 shows the method of removing the needle from the suture in accordance with the presentinvention.
  • the surgeon using a technique similar to that used with an eyed needle, makes a single pass through the tissue using a needleholder 18. He then turns the needleholder as shown in FIG. 2 so that the open channel 10 of the needle is at an angle to the direction of the suture and moves the needle-holder firmly in the direction shown by the arrow, removing the suture from the needle.
  • the actual force required to separate the needle from the suture will vary with the size of the suture, the size of the needle channel and the nature and extent of the bond between the suture and the needle as well as the direction in which the force is applied. Thus, separation will occur at measured forces between 4 and 14 ounces.
  • the, straight pull-out force i.e., the force required to separate the needle from the suture while in the position illustrated by FIG. 1 may be about 10 or more times the force required when the relative position of the needle and suture are changed as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the size, shape, and position of the needle channel may be varied without diminishing the effectiveness of the invention described.
  • the surgeon during normal sewing, exerts a substantially longitudinal pull on the needle barrel. If his wrist mistakenly deviates, it is more likely to supinate than pronate. Such a motion could actuate the lateral release unintentionally. For this reason, it is preferred that the channel be placed on the outside of the needle, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Wrist pronation would then be required for release which is not likely to happen unintentionally.
  • the channel 10 may be on the concave side of the needle instead of opening on the convex side as illustrated in the drawings.
  • the opening may be on either side of the needle, i.e., in a circular needle at an angle of 90 to the plane of the circle.
  • placing the channel in either the proximal or distal surface may be done to accommodate the preference of right-handed or left-handed surgeons.
  • a forward or backward pull would separate the needle from the suture. Modifications of the size and shape of the needle channel and the positioning of the suture within the needle channel are illustrated in FIGS. 4 through 9a.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown a notched channel which decreases the bonding surface and permits separation of the needle from its attached suture at a lower force.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a serrated channel the width of which decreases in the direction of the end of the needle. This construction affects the straight pull-out value of the needle-suture combination as the needle is passed through tissue during a surgical procedure.
  • the open channel has been narrowed to increase the force that is required to separate needle and suture.
  • the needle of FIG. 7 is so constructed that the force to obtain separation of the needle from its suture may be applied in either of two diametrically opposite directions.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a structure that may be used in combination with a strong adhesive should the surgeon de sire a needle that may be removed with 'less concern about the direction in which the force is applied.
  • the needle of FIG. 9 is similar in its construction to that of FIG. 7 being formed with a slot to permit facile separation in either of two directions.
  • the suture 14 in accordance with the present invention may be absorbable, i.e., catgut, extruded collagen, a braided polyhydroxyacetic ester, a synthetic copolymer of L(-) lactide and glycolide; or non-absorbable, i.e., silk, nylon, polypropylene, cotton, linen, or DA- CRON.
  • the adhesive that is used to bond the suture 14 to the needle channel in accordance with the present invention may be any non-toxic adhesive composition, either organic, inorganic or a hybrid.
  • Suitable organic materials are such natural products as starch, dextrins, asphalt, animal and vegetable proteins, natural rubber, shellac; semisynthetic products such as cellulose nitrate and the other cellulosics, polyamides derived from dimer acids, castor-oil based polyurethanes; such wellknown synthetic resins as vinyl-type addition polymers, both resins and elastomers: polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, acrylics, unsaturated polyesters, butadiene/acrylonitrile, butadiene/styrene, neoprene, butyl rubber, polyisobutylene; and polymers formed by condensation and other step-wise mechanisms, i.e., epoxies, polyurethanes, polysulfide rubbers, and the reaction
  • EXAMPLE I Keith needles (diameter 0.034 inches) having the structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 3a are attached to Size 2/0 black braided silk using an epoxy resin as the bonding agent. The length of the needle channel is 0.244 inches.
  • the epoxy resin employed is a mixture of 93 parts by weight of a bis-phenol-epichlorohydride resin having an equivalent weight per epoxide group of l200 and 7 parts by weight of a low boiling monoepoxide havingan equivalent weight per epoxy unit of 130-140.
  • This product is sold under the tradename EPOWELD 7310 by the H. B. Hardman Company, 600 Courtland Street, Belleville, NJ.
  • the curing agent for this epoxy resin is a polyamido polyamine having a viscosity at 75C. using a 1 spindle (Brookfield Viscometer) at 5 r.p.m. of 700 to 900 cps.
  • the curing agent may also be obtained from said H. B. Hardman Company under the tradename EPOCURE 8-6.
  • the bonding composition is prepared by mixing 2 parts by weight of the epoxide resin (EPOWELED 7310) with 1 part by weight of the curing agent (EPO- CURE S-6) and 0.4 parts by weight of 1,1,1- trichloroethylene. Sufficient bonding agent is applied to the bottom 11 and sides 12 and 13 of the needle channel to coat these surfaces and the silk suture is pressed into place so that the end of the suture abutts the end of the needle channel. The epoxide bonding composition is cured with the suture in place by heating the needle and suture for 15 minutes in a circulating air oven at IDS-C. Pull test results on the needlesuture combination so manufactured are summarized in Table 1.
  • EXAMPLE V Curved tapered needles (diameter 0.039 inches) having the structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 3a and a needle channel 0.239 inches in length are attached to Size 2/0 cotton thread as described in Example I above. An excess of epoxy resin was employed in an amount such that when the suture was in place the resin was forced 0.42 lb. (Average) upwardly to the top-of the needle channel. After curing, longitudinal cuts were made with a razor blade parallel to the channel of the needle to facilitate lateral removal of the cotton suture. Pull tests on the needlesuture combination so manufactured are summarized in Table 5.
  • EXAMPLE VI Keith needles (diameter 0.034 inches) having the structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 3a and a needle channel 0.246 inches in length are attached to Size 1 black braided silk as described in Example I above. Pull tests on the needle-suture combination so manufactured are summarized in Table 6.
  • a controlled release needle-suture combination comprising a surgical needle having an open channel at the blunt end thereof, the bottom and two sides of which define a space sized to receive a suture; and a surgical suture one end of which is received within said channel and bonded thereto with an adhesive composition to prevent movement of the suture toward the point of the needle; said adhesive composition providing a means whereby a force of from about 3 ounces to about 26 ounces will separate the needle from the suture when the needle is turned so that the channel is at an angle of about to the longitudinal axis of the suture and said force is applied in a direction opposite to the channel opening.
  • suture combination of claim 1 wherein the suture is bonded to the bottom and both sides of the channel.
  • suture-needle combination of claim 1 wherein at least one side of the channel is notched.
  • each side of the channel is less than one-half of the diameter of the suture.
  • suture is a catgut suture.
  • suture is an absorbable collagen suture.
  • suture is an absorbable polyester suture.
  • suture is a polyglycolic acid suture.
  • suture is a poly L(-) lactide copolymer suture.
  • suture is a polytetrafluoroethylene coated needle-suture combination of claim 1, suture is a steel suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is an iodized catgut suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is a silicone-coated suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is a nylon suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is a cotton suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is a polypropylene suture.
  • needle-suture combination of claim suture is a braided silk suture.
  • the adhesive composition is an epoxy resin.
  • a controlled release needle-suture combination comprising a surgical needle having a longitudinal slot at the blunt end thereof, the two sides of which define a space sized to receive a suture; and a surgical suture, one end of which is received within the slot and bonded thereto with an adhesive composition; said adhesive composition providing a means whereby a force of from about 3 ounces to about 26 ounces will separate the needle from the suture when the needle is turned so that the slot is at an angle of about to the longitudinal axis of the suture and said force is applied in a direction opposite to the opening in the slot.
  • a controlled release needle-suture combination comprising a curved surgical needle having convex and concave surfaces, pointed at one end and having an open channel at the blunt end thereof, the bottom and two sides of which define a space sized to receive a suture; and a surgical suture one end of which is received within the channel and bonded thereto with an adhesive composition to prevent movement of the suture toward the point of the needle; said adhesive composition providing a means whereby a force of from about 3 ounces to about 26 ounces will separate the needle from the suture when the needle is turned so that the channel is at an angle of 90 to the longitudinal axis of the suture and said force is applied in a direction opposite to the channel opening.
  • a controlled release needle-suture combination comprising a curved surgical needle having convex and concave surfaces and pointed at one end, the other end of which has a channel opening on the concave surface, the bottom and two sides of said channel defining a space sized to receive a suture; and a surgical suture one end of which is received within the channel and bonded thereto with an adhesive composition to prevent movement of the suture toward the point of the needle; said adhesive composition providing a means whereby a force of from about 3 ounces to about 26 ounces will separate the needle from the suture when the needle is turned so that the opening of the channel is at an angle of about 90 to the longitudinal axis of the suture and said force is applied in a direction opposite to the channel opening.
  • a controlled release needle-suture combination comprising a curved surgical needle having convex and concave surfaces and pointed at one end, the other end of which has a channel opening on the convex surface; the bottom and two sides of said channel defining a space sized to receive a suture; and a surgical suture, one end of which is adhesive within the channel and bonded thereto with an adhwsive composition to prevent movement of the suture toward the point of the needle; said adhesive composition providing a means whereby'a force of about 3 ounces to about 26 ounces will separate the needle from the suture when the needle is turned so that the opening of the channel is at an angle of about 90 to the longitudinal axis of the suture and said force is applied in a direction opposite to the channel opening.
  • the adhesive composition is an epoxy resin

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AR247889A AR194435A1 (es) 1972-05-11 1973-05-08 Una aguja quirurgica
TR17633A TR17633A (tr) 1972-05-11 1973-05-09 Yana dogru serbest kalan suetuer
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BR3403/73A BR7303403D0 (pt) 1972-05-11 1973-05-10 Agulha cirurgica com sutura
CA171,085A CA1001516A (en) 1972-05-11 1973-05-10 Lateral release suture
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EG174/73A EG11136A (en) 1972-05-11 1973-05-10 Lateral release suture
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IT49886/73A IT988173B (it) 1972-05-11 1973-05-10 Perfezionamento nelle suture pre confezionate con ago
BE131049A BE799451A (fr) 1972-05-11 1973-05-11 Fil a suturer se detachant lateralement de son aiguille
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