US 12,201,316 B2
Micro needle holder capable of cutting sutures
Hui-Fu Huang, Yuanlin (TW); and Shiuan-Tang Chang, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Hui-Fu Huang, Yuanlin (TW); and Shiuan-Tang Chang, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,142.
Claims priority of application No. 110123632 (TW), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409228 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/30 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 2017/305 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A micro needle holder capable of cutting sutures, configured for holding needles and cutting sutures during microsurgeries, comprising:
a needle holding unit comprising a pair of first plier bodies and a first shaft, wherein each of the first plier bodies has a needle holding end, a first shaft connecting part in connection with the needle holding end, and a first plier arm in connection with the first shaft connecting part, the pair of first plier bodies are over-stacked via the first shaft connecting parts and in an intersecting configuration, the first shaft is pivoted at the first shaft connecting parts, so that the first shaft connecting parts are rotatably connected relative to each other, the needle holding ends are configured to open and close relative to each other, and the first plier arms are configured to open and close relative to each other; and
a suture cutting unit comprising a pair of second plier bodies and a second shaft, wherein each of the second plier bodies has a suture cutting end, a second shaft connecting part in connection with the suture cutting end, and a second plier arm in connection with the second shaft connecting part, the pair of second plier bodies are over-stacked via the second shaft connecting parts and in an intersecting configuration, the second shaft is pivoted at the second shaft connecting parts, so that the second shaft connecting parts are rotatably connected relative to each other, the suture cutting ends are configured to open and close relative to each other, and the second plier arms are configured to open and close relative to each other;
wherein each of the first plier arms comprises a first elastic section at distal ends thereof and each of the second plier arms comprises a second elastic section at distal ends thereof, and the first elastic sections of the first plier arms and the second elastic sections of the second plier arms are connected with each other for the first plier arms and the second plier arms to elastically open and close corporately;
wherein the distal ends of the first plier arms are separated from each other, and the distal ends of the second plier arms are separated from each other.