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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Heartstitch, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Nobles, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Melanie Hempel, Schwarzenberg, DE;
Assignee:
HEARTSTITCH, INC., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suturing instrument using a curved needle is presented. The suturing instrument includes an elongated body, which has a lumen at its distal end. The suturing device also includes a curved needle which has a hook at its distal end to capture a suture from a suture staging area coupled with the suture. The rotational movement of the curved needle can be operated by a linear movement of a controlling element via a compound pivots that are configured to move the needles out from the lumen, couple the needle to the suture, and pull the suture away back toward the lumen.