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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsutoshi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A suture device is provided with a longitudinal member; a pair of grasping members; a suture needle; a power transmitting member; an opening-closing operating portion; a pair of needle locking portions having a first needle locking member and a second needle locking member and locking or releasing the suture needle to or from the pair of grasping members; a pair of wire members connected to the pair of needle locking portions; a needle locking and operating portion that operates the pair of wire members; a link member having a first end and a second end connected to the pair of wire members; and rotatable support portions that rotatably support the link member.