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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Kevin Sniffin, Danbury, CT (US);
Mark Russo, Plantsville, CT (US);
Gregory Fischvogt, Hamden, CT (US);
Russell Pribanic, Roxbury, CT (US);
Eric Taylor, East Hampton, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An end effector assembly for a surgical stitching device is provided. The end effector assembly includes an end effector, a housing, and a needle. The end effector includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The housing is movable relative to the end effector. The needle is releasably coupled to the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first, insertion position and a second deployed position. The needle is adapted, when in the second, deployed position, to releasably couple to one or both of the first jaw member and the second jaw member of the end effector.