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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Gyrus Acmi Inc., Southborough, MA (US);
Adam Lee Smith, Palm Desert, CA (US);
Gyrus ACMI, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for guiding a needle to facilitate suturing, such as in surgical anastomosis. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame configured to counter-rotatably support two generally parallel rollers. A first roller supported by the frame has a flat surface configured to rollably engage a first face of a shaft of a helically-shaped needle. A second roller supported by the frame has a grooved surface defining a helical groove is configured to at least partially receive a second face of the shaft. The second roller further defines a correcting recess bounded by lateral surfaces at a forward end of the groove that tapers to a width of the groove at the forward end. When the leading end is received into the correcting recess, at least one of the lateral surfaces engages and guides the leading end into the forward end of the groove.