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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Isuturing, Llc, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adel W. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mansour H. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dmitri D. Mungalov, Cary, NC (US);
ISUTURING, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A device for making suture stitches for adjoining a first edge and a second edge of a tissue in an edge-to-edge interface. The device includes a handle and a device head. The handle including a motor for the device head and a means for attachment to the device head. The device head including a suture material supply; a needle rotationally movable, operable for moving the thread through a tissue; a hook operable for hooking and lifting the thread in automatic coordination with the needle; and a catcher operable for moving the thread into and out of the hook in automatic coordination with the hook.