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Patent No.:

US 12004738 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2020

Needle holder and method of using same

Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Masatoshi Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Morishita, Tokyo, JP;

Keisei Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;

Takayuki Hatanaka, Hirosaki, JP;

Masaya Ota, Yokohama, JP;

Kei Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Katherine M Shi

Assistant Examiner:

Mohammed S Adam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/062 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0608 (2013.01);
Abstract

A needle holder for holding a curved needle to which a suture thread is connected. The needle holder includes a flexible tube; and a grasper provided at a distal end of the flexible tube. The grasper includes a first jaw having a groove, and a protrusion at a distal end portion of the first jaw; and a second jaw movably connected to the first jaw. The grasper can hold the curved needle between the second jaw and the protrusion of the first jaw, and can hold a part of the suture thread between a surface of the groove and the second jaw such that another part of the suture thread passes through a gap formed between another surface of the groove and the second jaw. The protrusion has a hook surface for hooking the suture thread extending outside the groove.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sato, Masatoshi. (2024). Needle holder and method of using same (U.S. Patent No. 12004738). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12004738

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