Suturing system and assembly

US8282657B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Coloplast A/S · DK

Inventors

• Steven McClurg · Roseville, US
• Christopher A. Thierfelder · Minneapolis, US
• Allen Gaynor · Coon Rapids, US
• Pornpimon Ongmorakot · Windom, US
• Timothy A. Bachman · Fort Collins, US
• Christian Richard Trifilio · Windom, US
• Matthew Vail Leyden · Windom, US
• Nicholas Ellering · Crystal, US
• Michael K. Luk · Hopkins, US
• James Leigh Lindenberg · Wyoming, US
• Donald Wolf · Shoreview, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0811
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A suturing assembly configured to place suture in tissue includes a handle having an actuator, a shaft coupled to the handle, and a head coupled to the shaft. The head includes a proximal portion housing a needle movable through a needle exit port and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, the distal end defining a cavity. The actuator is configured to move the needle out of the needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head and across the throat to engage a capsule disposed in the cavity formed in the distal end of the head, the capsule attached to the suture.