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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Ramiro Cabrera, Cheshire, CT (US);
Thomas Wingardner, North Haven, CT (US);
David N. Fowler, Cheshire, CT (US);
Brian J. Creston, Madison, CT (US);
Dmitri Menn, Marblehead, MA (US);
Paul D. Richard, Shelton, CT (US);
Gene Stellon, Burlington, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for endoscopic suturing or stitching through an access tube or the like. An endoscopic stitching device is provided and includes a handle assembly; an elongate shaft supported by and extending from the handle assembly; and an end effector supported on a distal end of the elongate shaft. The end effector includes a neck assembly configured and adapted for articulation in one direction between a substantially linear configuration and an off-axis configuration, and a pair of juxtaposed jaws pivotally associated with one another. Each jaw defines a suture needle receiving recess formed in a tissue contacting surface thereof.