Devices, systems, and methods for providing surgical access and facilitating closure of surgical access openings

US11076848B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Covidien LP · US

Inventors

• Jaroslaw T. Malkowski · Trumbull, US
• Scott J. Prior · Shelton, US
• John D. Hendershot, III · Madison, US
• Kenneth W. Horton · Westford, US
• Christopher A. Tokarz · Torrington, US
• Danny Berry · Hamden, US
• Wayne Johnson · Jeffersonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M19/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A guide member is configured for guiding a suture passer through a cannula and tissue surrounding the cannula to facilitate closure of an opening in tissue. The guide member includes a guide housing and an elongated guide shaft. The guide housing is configured for releasably engaging the guide member with the cannula and defines an entry aperture. The elongated guide shaft extends distally from the guide housing and defines an annular exterior surface. An exit aperture is defined through the annular exterior surface. The guide member defines a lumen extending from the entry aperture, through the guide housing and the elongated guide shaft, to the exit aperture. The entry aperture, lumen, and exit aperture cooperating to define a passageway extending through the guide member.