US 11,717,283 B2
Suturing device for laparoscopic procedures
Jon Einarsson, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The Brigham And Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,205.
Application 16/938,205 is a continuation of application No. 15/987,733, filed on May 23, 2018, granted, now 10,799,233.
Application 15/987,733 is a continuation of application No. 14/397,682, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2013/038746, filed on Apr. 30, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/641,069, filed on May 1, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0352559 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suturing device having an articulable curved needle configured to facilitate advancement of a suture material through tissue, the suturing device defining a longitudinal axis along its length, the suturing device further including a first fusion element and a second fusion element, the first fusion element including a heating element that is displaceable along a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis within the suturing device, and wherein the first fusion element bears against the second fusion element by way of a compressive force having a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis when the first fusion element is advanced in a distal direction, and further wherein the articulable curved needle is configured to be advanced along a curved path that lays in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the suturing device.