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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicants:
Adel W. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mansour H. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dmitri D. Mungalov, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Adel W. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mansour H. Mohamed, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dmitri D. Mungalov, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
iSuturing, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automatic continuous suturing for reduced or minimized scarring and reduced suturing time, wherein a suturing device, including a spiral shaped needle, a suture thread supply, a hook, and a catcher, creates sutures composed of a parallel series of continuous loops along a suture tissue line, in plane with the tissue edges.