US 11,937,806 B2
Needle drivers and methods of manufacture and use thereof
Luis Jose Almodovar, San Juan, PR (US)
Assigned to Ergosurgical Group Corp., , PR (US)
Filed by Ergosurgical Group Corp., San Juan, PR (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/447,543.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,752, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0388087 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0483 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2912 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2932 (2013.01)] 106 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A needle driver comprising:
a first jaw supporting a first shaft, wherein the first shaft supports a first roller and a first set of teeth; and
a second jaw supporting a second shaft, wherein the second shaft supports a second roller and a second set of teeth, wherein the second jaw moves relative to the first jaw between an open position and a closed position, wherein the first set of teeth meshes with the second set of teeth when the second jaw is in the closed position such that (a) the first set of teeth can drive the second set of teeth and (b) the first roller and the second roller can drive a needle therebetween when the first set of teeth drives the second set of teeth, wherein the second jaw is biased open or biased closed relative to the first jaw.