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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 25, 2022
Rambam Medtech Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Yonina Ron, Habonim, IL;
Roei Sandovsky, Moshav Ein Ayala, IL;
RAMBAM MEDTECH LTD., Haifa, IL;
Abstract
A method is provided for passing a needle and a suture coupled thereto through tissue of a portion of an eye. A needle guide of a needle guide tool is positioned such that a needle-guide surface of the needle guide contacts a body-portion surface of the eye portion, while a proximal needle holder of the needle guide tool holds the needle such that a longitudinal segment of the needle runs alongside the needle-guide surface at a non-zero distance therefrom. The needle-guide surface is distally slid along the body-portion surface such that a distal needle tip penetrates the body-portion surface, passes within the tissue at a depth no more than the non-zero distance, and exits the body-portion surface, while the needle guide and the needle remain outside the eye portion. Thereafter, the needle is released from the proximal needle holder. Other embodiments are also described.