Tissue suturing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9907549
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14365620

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Provided is a surgical instrument that is substitutable for an operation of placing each stitch with a threaded needle or a stapler. It is confirmed that, in a tissue suturing device including a clamping section, and a protruding section including a central conductor and/or an external conductor for applying a microwave, the protruding section and the clamping section bring fragmentary portions of tissues to be sutured into contact or overlap with each other, and coagulate and/or fix contact or overlap portions with the microwave, to thereby stitch the tissues to be sutured.

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NATIONAL UNIVERISTY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCESETA TSUKINOWA-CHO OTSU-SHI SHIGA 520-2192

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Naka, Shigeyuki Otsu, JP 16 38
Tani, Tohru Otsu, JP 29 183

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