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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Surgimatix, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Wai N. Chin, Glenview, IL (US);
Adam Saban, Lockport, IL (US);
James Orrico, Evanston, IL (US);
Gary M. Kobylewski, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Jafar S. Hasan, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Surgimatix, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Abstract
A suturing device is provided. The suturing device may include at least one needle configured to engage a suture for deployment, at least one release mechanism coupled to the needle configured to release an engaged suture upon deployment, and a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the needle and configured to advance the needle from a retracted position to an extended position during engagement, and retract the needle from the extended position to the retracted position during disengagement.