Suturing apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11439397
APP PUB NO 20200305876A1
SERIAL NO

16367168

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Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.

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GYRUS ACMI INC118 TURNPIKE ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772

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Alferness, Clifton A Olalla, US 200 17005
Baumgarten, Donald C Seattle, US 10 2620
Desmarais, David A Seattle, US 4 3
Fu, Chenhao Renton, US 6 3
Hinrichs, Paul T Seattle, US 3 3
Muia-Longman, Gina M Seattle, US 7 10
Ruscher, Thomas H Seattle, US 2 1
Seward, David R Seattle, US 7 23
Smith, Adam Lee Palm Desert, US 15 38
Stancik, Blake R Mukilteo, US 8 77
Timonin, Ilia Seattle, US 2 1
Woodcock, Amanda Kay Seattle, US 8 10

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