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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Christophe Vailhe, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable suture needle includes an elongated body having a curved proximal section and a curved distal section. The curved proximal section is hollow and includes an elongated conduit extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The curved distal section includes a needle point at a distal end thereof and a hollow post projecting proximally from a proximal end thereof. A suture thread passes through the elongated conduit of the curved proximal section and has a distal end that passes through the hollow post of the curved distal section for being secured to the proximal end of the curved distal section. The elongated body has a first configuration with a higher profile in which the hollow post of the curved distal section is inserted into the elongated conduit at the distal end of the curved proximal section, and a second configuration with a lower profile in which the hollow post of the curved distal section is uncoupled from the elongated conduit at the distal end of the curved proximal section.