US 11,931,022 B2
Suturing device and methods of use thereof
Ahmet Özgür Yeniel, Izmir (TR); Serdal Temel, Izmir (TR); Özgün Selim Germiyan, Izmir (TR); Yetkin Kader, Izmir (TR); and Mustafa Ömer Akbaş, Izmir (TR)
Assigned to Soranus Arge Ve Danismanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, Izmir (TR)
Filed by Soranus Arge Ve Danişmanlik Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, Izmir (TR)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,975.
Application 18/371,975 is a continuation of application No. 18/114,874, filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Application 18/114,874 is a continuation of application No. PCT/TR2022/050959, filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021/014052 (TR), filed on Sep. 7, 2021; and application No. 2021/017512 (TR), filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008869 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 7/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suturing device comprising:
a fixed arm integral with a fixed jaw comprising a first grasping slot configured to receive a needle, the fixed arm further comprising an arm joint;
a movable arm movably coupled to a movable jaw comprising a second grasping slot configured to receive the needle, the movable arm being configured to pivot at the arm joint and relative to the fixed arm; and
a needle transfer mechanism configured to secure the needle in the first grasping slot or the second grasping slot and release the needle from the first grasping slot or the second grasping slot, the needle transfer mechanism configured to selectively engage the needle while the needle is positioned in the first grasping slot or the second grasping slot.