A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/062 (2006.01) A61B 17/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2260164
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a device for assisting a physician in suture procedures using a needle having a suture attached thereto. The device has a handle with distal and proximal ends. Right and left arms extending distally from the handle. The arms have proximal ends attached tothe handle and distal ends having grippers attached thereto for gripping and releasing a needle. Each of the grippers has first and second opposing members which move closely adjacent to one another to grip the needle. The first portion is an aperture surrounded by a perimeter wall. The second portion is a clamping number opposing the aperture. The clamping member is sized such that it can be at least partially inserted within the aperture so that when the gripper is activated, the perimeter wall presses against a first side of the needle at two spaced apart locations and the clamping member presses against a second opposing side of the needle between the two spaced apart locations. The device further includes at least one means for moving the distal ends of the arms closely adjacent to one another and for passing the needle from one gripper to the other and thereafter for moving the distal ends of the arms further apart from one another.
Papa Christopher A.
Swayze Jeffrey S.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Ogilvy Renault Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
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