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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Manoj B Patel, Lumberton, NJ (US);
Philip Zhao, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Neal Patel, Glendale, CA (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
David M. Albala, Manlius, NY (US);
Salvatore Castro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Manoj B Patel, Lumberton, NJ (US);
Philip Zhao, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Neal Patel, Glendale, CA (US);
Landon Gilkey, Austin, TX (US);
David M. Albala, Manlius, NY (US);
Salvatore Castro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A suture placement device provides a lateral extension element, such as a slotted t-bar or wings, which is inserted into a trocar and deployed to position receptor ports about 1 cm from the trocar. The trocar is removed, and stylet guides are deployed to create a path from the housing to the receptor ports, thereby creating a suture path with segments from the outside of the device to each port, and between ports. A stylet is inserted through the suture path, and used to pull a suture of choice through the path. A stylet guide has a partially extended position to permit precise intra-muscular location of an anesthetic injection before being fully deployed. The t-bar is rotated back to a vertical position to permit removal to of the suture placement device so that the suture can be tied.