MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517071236 A) filed by Mani, Inc., Tochigi, Japan, on July 26, for 'armed suture spooling device, armed suture housing tray, and medical instrument housing tray.'
Inventor(s) include Matsutani, Kazuhiko; and Murakami, Etsuo.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is an armed suture spooling device that facilitates a spooling operation with respect to a spool tray and allows for easy adjustment of the suture end position. A spool tray 10 for housing an armed suture, which is a suture with a suture needle attached thereto, comprises: a container portion 20 having a bottom surface 21 and a side wall 25; and a sheet-shaped lid portion 30 that fits inside the side wall. A spooling device comprises an upper surface element 50, a lower surface element 60, a circling element 70, and connecting posts 80. The upper surface element and the lower surface element have a planar shape identical to that of the spool tray. The upper surface element includes an upper surface rotational portion 51 rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the lid portion. The lower surface element includes a lower surface rotational portion 61 rotatable around the same axis as that of the upper surface rotational portion. The circling element includes a claw portion 76 which is inserted through a gap between the lid portion and the side wall of the container portion into the container portion. The claw portion includes a thread-passing portion 77 at the tip-end thereof through which the suture is passed. The spool tray is sandwiched between the upper surface element from the upper surface side of the lid portion, and the lower surface element from the lower surface side of the bottom surface of the container portion. The connecting posts extend through the lid portion and the bottom surface of the container portion, with the ends of the connecting posts being connectable to post-insertion portions 55, 65 respectively provided in the upper surface element and the lower surface element. In a state in which the upper surface rotational portion and the lower surface rotational portion are pressed, the spool tray, the upper surface element, and the lower surface element can be integrally rotated, whereby the suture that has passed through the thread-passing portion can be wound inside the spool tray."
The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/005344.
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