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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:
New Wave Endo-surgery Inc., Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Inventors:
Ricardo Alexander Gomez, Lighthouse, FL (US);
Sandy Lawrence Heck, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Diaz, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
George Ferzli, Staten Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
New Wave Endo-Surgical Corp., Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01);
Abstract
A knot pusher device for surgical port closure includes a head portion having at least one suture guide inlet and at least one suture retainer, the head portion being configured to contact a suture knot inside an incision to close a portion of a surgical port made by the incision, and a coupling member operatively connected to the head portion, the coupling member enabling releasable connection of the knot pusher device to a suturing device.