US 11,717,275 B2
Needle-handling device
Ziv Belsky, Haifa (IL); Jesse Lachter, Haifa (IL); and Gilad Hizkiyahu, Givat Ela (IL)
Assigned to ONEPASS MEDICAL, Katarin (IL)
Filed by ONEPASS MEDICAL, Katzrin (IL)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/113,643.
Application 17/113,643 is a division of application No. 15/757,622, granted, now 10,856,857, previously published as PCT/IL2016/050971, filed on Sep. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/215,003, filed on Sep. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145419 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/04 (2013.01) [A61B 2010/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a sheath;
a housing, coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath;
an elongate first needle, extending through the housing and through the sheath;
a plurality of elongate second needles, extending through the housing and through the sheath;
a first needle-control handle:
attached to the first needle,
having a first hand-grip, and
slidably coupled to the housing, such that sliding of the first needle-control handle slides the first needle through the sheath; and
a second needle-control handle:
attached to the plurality of second needles,
having a second hand-grip,
slidably coupled to the housing, such that sliding of the second needle-control handle slides the plurality of second needles through the sheath,
wherein the apparatus has a first state in which the first needle-control handle is slidable to slide the first needle through the sheath without causing the plurality of second needles to slide through the sheath, and
wherein the apparatus has a second state in which sliding of the first needle-control handle causes the plurality of second needles to slide through the sheath.