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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Dura Tap Llc, Wayne, PA (US);
Mark F. Kurd, Wayne, PA (US);
David Greg Anderson, Villanova, PA (US);
Jaime F. Sarabia, Mableton, GA (US);
Eric Buehlmann, Duxbury, MA (US);
Jay P. Tapper, Wayne, PA (US);
Jens Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Ann R. Lee, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Catherine Margaret Unruh, Reading, PA (US);
DURASTAT LLC, Wayne, PA (US);
Abstract
A suturing kit includes a double-armed suture, at least one suturing device and a suture holding structure. The double-armed suture has a first needle at a first end and a second needle at a second, opposite, end. The at least one suturing device includes a first needle holder configured to receive the first needle in a retracted position, a second needle holder configured to receive the second needle in a retracted position and at least one actuator configured to drive the first needle or the second needle in an advance direction toward a released condition. The suture holding structure holds at least a portion of the suture between the first end and the second end, and the suture holding structure is separate from the at least one suturing device so as not to be inserted into the patient during the surgical procedure.