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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:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Anchora Medical Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Jonatan Epstein, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Avraham Rami Lore, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Rotem Baavour, Regavim, IL;
Gonen Yuval, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Ohad Cohen, Haifa, IL;
Amir Richtman, Karkur, IL;
Assignee:
ANCHORA MEDICAL LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for suturing tissue, comprising: a needle having a beveled opening and housing multiple anchors, wherein each of said anchors comprises an elongated tubular body and a loop connected to said tubular body, and wherein a thread is threaded sequentially through the loops; and a pushrod configured to push each of said anchors towards the opening of said needle, to extract each respective anchor from the opening.