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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Manoj B Patel, Lumberton, NJ (US);
Philip Zhao, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Neal Patel, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
David M. Albala, Manlius, NY (US);
Salvatore Castro, Raliegh, NC (US);
Manoj B Patel, Lumberton, NJ (US);
Philip Zhao, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Neal Patel, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
David M. Albala, Manlius, NY (US);
Salvatore Castro, Raliegh, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A suture placement device is inserted into an endoscopic trocar port site. A pivot bar with a pair of receptor ports is moved from a folded to an extended position below the fascia. The trocar port is removed over the device as the pivot bar is pulled upward against the fascia. A pair of stylet guides are deployed from two sides of the device housing, and intercept the receptor ports, thereby creating a suture path through the first guide, through a channel in the pivot bar between the receptor ports, and through the second guide. A stylet is directed through the suture path to pull a suture through the path. The guides are refracted, the pivot bar is folded, the device is removed, and the suture is tied. A stylet guide may have a partially deployed position to accurately inject an anesthetic at a desired intra-muscular layer.