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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Boss Instruments Ltd., Inc., Gordonsville, VA (US);
Henry H. Hamilton, Burlingame, CA (US);
Yuri Belman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Moscow, RU;
Patricia A. Moore, Incline Village, NV (US);
Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc., Gordonsville, VA (US);
Abstract
Medical suturing devices, systems, and methods will be useful for endoscopic or open surgeries, including ear, nose, and throat procedures. Articulation motions may be transferred from a handle to needle grasping jaws using an axial movement of a shaft. Portions of the devices may be disposable, replaceable, and/or reusable, with different needle-grasping jaws and/or different elongate extension bodies having different configurations optionally being selectably coupleably to an articulatable handle and housing so as to allow the user to configure the device for a particular procedure.