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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US);
Simon R. Grover, Cambridge, GB;
Emily Triggs, Cambridge, GB;
Alistair Ward, Cambridge, GB;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A suturing end effector includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member, and a helical needle. The first and second jaw members are moveable relative to one another between open and closed configurations. Each of the first and second jaw members defines a first row of wells that define a helical path when the first and second jaw members are in the closed configuration. The helical needle is rotatable through the helical path between retracted and extended positions. The helical needle is configured to draw a suture through tissue between the first and second jaw members when the helical needle is rotatably advanced through the helical path and configured to be independently moveable relative to the suture when retracted from the advanced position to the retracted position.