Title:
低侵襲縫合するための装置及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5873501
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Devices and methods for minimally invasive suturing are disclosed. One suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes a proximal section a distal end, and an intermediate region therebetween. The device includes a suture head assembly having a suturing needle with a pointed end and a second end. The suturing needle is capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to deployment of guides that are adapted and configured to guide the needle around a circular path when advanced by a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.
Inventors:
Bletcher, Gerald Eye
Mead, John Sea
Aho, John
Basketball, roger
Breck, james h
Carlson, John F
Egan, Thomas
Hellander, michael jay
Murray, James W
Perkins, ashley
Shakal, Wayne A
Toll, Jonathan
Mead, John Sea
Aho, John
Basketball, roger
Breck, james h
Carlson, John F
Egan, Thomas
Hellander, michael jay
Murray, James W
Perkins, ashley
Shakal, Wayne A
Toll, Jonathan
Application Number:
JP2013531932A
Publication Date:
March 01, 2016
Filing Date:
September 30, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
End Evolution, LRC
International Classes:
A61B17/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2003038495A | ||||
| JP2007275574A | ||||
| JP10506559A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Hiroyuki Tomita
Osamu Hoshino
Toru Miyamae
Yasushi Kobayashi
Hiroyuki Tomita
Osamu Hoshino
Toru Miyamae