US 12,144,498 B2
Laparoscopic suturing system
Steven Gorski, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Scott V. Taylor, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and Kimball B. McGinley, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,632.
Application 16/565,065 is a division of application No. 15/261,422, filed on Sep. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,405,851, issued on Sep. 10, 2019.
Application 17/854,632 is a continuation of application No. 16/565,065, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,406,373.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/217,502, filed on Sep. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323065 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06033 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06038 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0609 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laparoscopic suturing device comprising:
a handle assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, the handle assembly comprising a trigger, a drive rod, and a toggle tube;
an elongate shaft extending distally from the distal end of the handle assembly and defining a central longitudinal axis;
a jaw assembly extending distally from the elongate shaft, the jaw assembly comprising a first jaw and a second jaw each having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the elongate shaft and a distal end; and
a needle;
wherein the trigger is operably coupled to the drive rod and the toggle tube such that an actuation cycle of the trigger sequentially actuates the drive rod to close the first jaw and the second jaw of the jaw assembly, actuates the toggle tube to transfer the needle from one of the first jaw and the second jaw to the other of the first jaw and the second jaw, and actuates the drive rod to open the first jaw and the second jaw.