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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2020
Maruho Medical, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Andrew J. Huntington, Reno, NV (US);
Brett A. Snyder, Reno, NV (US);
Matthew Byrnes Newell, Reno, NV (US);
Luke W. Clauson, Reno, NV (US);
Gary S. Fanton, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John F. Krumme, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Scott H. Heneveld, Whitmore, CA (US);
Bryce Peterson, Hayward, CA (US);
Yasuyuki Hitomi, Kyoto, JP;
Maruho Medical, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A device that can pierce and hold tissue and then pass suture through tissue. The device can have a shuttle that can removably attach to a suture and jaws that can be rotatably opened and closed with respect to each other. The device can have a first jaw having a first jaw channel and a first jaw first stop. The shuttle can have a shuttle longitudinal axis and a shuttle first stop. The shuttle first stop can have a shuttle first stop distal end. The shuttle first stop distal end can be deflectable into the first jaw first stop. When the shuttle first stop distal end is in contact with the first jaw first stop, the shuttle can be passively retained in the first jaw. A method for using the device to repeatedly pass the suture through the tissue without removing the suture or device from the target site.