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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Novelrad Ltd., M.P. Hefer, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NOVELRAD LTD., M.P. Hefer, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0609 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive mechanism for operating a suturing mechanism includes a user input displaceable through a range of motion and a linkage mechanically associated with the user input and with a shuttle transmitter of the suturing mechanism. The linkage converts displacements of the user input unidirectionally or bidirectionally into a sequence of operations of the shuttle transmitter including sufficient to perform a sequence of operations of the suturing mechanism to perform successive bidirectional stitching, with the shuttle transmitter penetrating tissue alternately with and without a shuttle needle attached.