Inventor
HODULIK MICHAEL G
US13 patents
Patents
13 patentsUS5500991AMar 26, 1996
Needle and suture swaging and pull-testing method
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Control system for an automatic needle-suture assembly and packaging machine
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Needle-suture assembly and packaging system
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Assembly and packaging method for needle and suture assemblies
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Machine for the automated packaging of needles and attached sutures
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Methods and systems for varying parameters at a needle swaging station
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