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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Nobles Medical Technologies Ii, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony A. Nobles, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Daniel W. Haines, Bellaire, TX (US);
Benjamin G. Brosch, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Tuan Ly, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Liem Pham, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nobles Medical Technologies II, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/0493 (2013.01); A61B 17/06123 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of devices, systems and methods for suturing biological tissue incorporating one or more suture spools. The suture spools can be located external to a handle or elongate body of a suturing device, and can contain the sutures within an inner circumference of the suture spools. The suture spools can be configured to reduce entanglement of sutures during use in an operation.