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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Steven Mcclurg, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Christopher Anthony Thierfelder, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Pornpimon Ongmorakot, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy Andrew Bachman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christian Richard Trifilio, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew Vail Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas Ellering, Crystal, MN (US);
Michael K. Luk, Hopkins, MN (US);
James Leigh Lindenberg, Wyoming, MN (US);
Donald Wolf, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Steven McClurg, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Christopher Anthony Thierfelder, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Pornpimon Ongmorakot, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy Andrew Bachman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christian Richard Trifilio, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew Vail Leyden, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas Ellering, Crystal, MN (US);
Michael K. Luk, Hopkins, MN (US);
James Leigh Lindenberg, Wyoming, MN (US);
Donald Wolf, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A suturing assembly configured to place suture in tissue includes a handle having an actuator, a shaft coupled to the handle, and a head coupled to the shaft. The head includes a proximal portion housing a needle movable through a needle exit port and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, the distal end defining a cavity. The actuator is configured to move the needle out of the needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head and across the throat to engage a capsule disposed in the cavity formed in the distal end of the head, the capsule attached to the suture.