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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Novasurg Innovations, Llc, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Martin Shields, Gainesville, FL (US);
Syed M. Hussain, Libertyville, IL (US);
Collin James Loch, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nathan Daniel Grubbs, West Chester, OH (US);
NOVASURG INNOVATIONS, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A needle driver includes a first elongated body that defines an interior chamber. A second elongated body defines an interior space, and is slideable within the interior chamber defined by the first elongated body between a retracted position and an extended position. The needle driver also includes a clamping device having a clamping end and a connecting member, which is affixed to the first elongated body and coupled within the clamping end. A biasing shaft is slideably disposed within the interior space defined by the second elongated body. An actuator is affixed to the biasing shaft and is slideable in a proximal direction and a distal direction.