US006221085B1
(io) Patent No.: US 6,221,085 Bl (45) Date of Patent: *Apr. 24,2001
(54) DJUROVIC SUTURING DEVICE
(76) Inventor: Zarija Djurovic, 370 Devon Ct., Valparaiso, IN (US) 46383
( * ) Notice: This patent issued on a continued prosecution application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year patent term provisions ol 35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2).
Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/233,664
(22) Filed: Jan. 18, 1999
(51) Int. CI. HOIK 17 04
(52) U.S. CI 606/148; 606/144
(58) Field of Search 606/148, 139-144,
606/212
(56) References Cited
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