US 11,701,107 B2
Suturing device and clamp for use with same
Allan Wulc, Bryn Mawr, PA (US); Joel Bernstein, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Douglas Hudson, Hopkinton, MA (US); and Bruce Bernstein, Wynnewood, PA (US)
Assigned to TSYMM INNOVATIONS LLC, Wynnewood, PA (US)
Filed by TSYMM INNOVATIONS LLC, Wynnewood, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,864, filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304677 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0491 (2013.01) [A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00566 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A suturing device comprising:
an elongated member dimensioned for insertion into a body including tissue, the elongated member including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a cavity formed in a surface of the elongated member, a needle passage, and a vacuum port, wherein the cavity includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the cavity and wherein when the elongated member is inserted into the body and a vacuum is applied to the cavity by a vacuum source through the vacuum port, the tissue is captured by the cavity;
a needle capturing assembly disposed between the second end of the cavity and the second end of the elongated member;
a needle pusher including a first end for engaging a needle, wherein when the needle is engaged by the needle pusher and the tissue is captured by the cavity, the needle pusher is moveable in a first direction to move the needle through the needle passage in the first direction such that entirety of the needle passes through the tissue and a first end of the needle is captured by the needle capturing assembly and the needle pusher is further moveable in a second direction such that the needle is disengaged from the needle pusher while the first end of the needle remains captured by the needle capturing assembly;
a base dimensioned to fit within the cavity; and
a clamp coupled to the base and to the elongated member and moveable in the second direction such that when the clamp clamps a second end of the needle and is moved in the second direction, the first end of the needle is extracted from the needle capturing assembly and the needle is repositioned to be engaged by the first end of the needle pusher.