SIMULATOR FOR APPLICATION OF VASCULAR AND TENDON SUTURES Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G09B23/28 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: simulator for application of vascular and tendon sutures contains a tablet and fixators with screw terminals mounted thereon. The tablet is equipped with a system for vascular suture application and system for tendon suture application, interconnected and mounted on supports with a cylindrical cup fixed thereon and having a longitudinal slit-like window. In the cavity of the cylindrical cup, a spring and a movable rod are placed, the free end of which is provided with an abutment adjacent to the pusher of the stretching mechanism. The simulator is equipped with three bars, two of which are fixed to the supports and each is represented by two pivotally connected levers. The free end of one bar is equipped with a fixator for the blood vessel, and the other - for the tendon. The second fixator for the tendon is installed on the loose end of the third movable bar with a longitudinal slit-like window with a guide pin, which is still attached to the rack installed on the tablet. The second end of the third bar is pivotally connected to the rod abutment.

EFFECT: increased efficiency at mastering of technics of vascular and tendon sutures application.

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