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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Gyrus Acmi, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Adam Lee Smith, Palm Desert, CA (US);
Clifton A. Alferness, Olalla, WA (US);
Gina M. Muia-Longman, Seattle, WA (US);
David R. Seward, Seattle, WA (US);
Chenhao Fu, Renton, WA (US);
Ilia Timonin, Seattle, WA (US);
Blake R. Stancik, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Amanda Kay Woodcock, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Desmarais, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald C. Baumgarten, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul T. Hinrichs, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas H. Ruscher, Seattle, WA (US);
Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.