US 11,857,179 B2
Devices and methods for suture placement
Mark F. Kurd, Wayne, PA (US); David Greg Anderson, Villanova, PA (US); Jaime F. Sarabia, Mableton, GA (US); Eric Buehlmann, Duxbury, MA (US); Jay P. Tapper, Wayne, PA (US); Jens Johnson, Austin, TX (US); Ann R. Lee, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Catherine Margaret Unruh, Reading, PA (US)
Assigned to DURATAP LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Durastat LLC, Wayne, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,766.
Application 17/671,766 is a continuation of application No. 16/072,561, granted, now 11,284,885, previously published as PCT/US2016/063286, filed on Nov. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/291,602, filed on Feb. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167969 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0625 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/062 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 17/06114 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0608 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06057 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a suturing device, comprising:
inserting a needle having a suture attached thereto through a distal opening into a needle passage of a suturing device toward a retracted position in which the needle is retained in the suturing device, the suturing device including a needle holder having a distal-most tip adjacent the distal opening through which the needle passes when moving in an advance direction toward a released condition in which the needle is released from the suturing device and a first end of the needle is recessed inwardly from the distal-most tip within the needle passage when in the retracted position, the suture is secured to a second end of the needle, which is opposite the first end of the needle; and
maintaining a portion of the suture extending out of the distal opening and outside of the suturing device prior to moving the needle in the advance direction through the distal opening.