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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Maruho Medical, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Gary S. Fanton, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John F. Krumme, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Scott H. Heneveld, Whitmore, CA (US);
Matthew B. Newell, Redwood City, CA (US);
Luke W. Clauson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maruho Medical, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device 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. A method for using the device to repeatedly pass the suture through the tissue without removing the suture or device from the target site is also disclosed.