- Patent Title: Suture passing instrument with puncture site identification feature
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Application No.: US15637712Application Date: 2017-06-29
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Publication No.: US10709440B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jason L. Harris , Rebecca J. Gettinger
- Applicant: ETHICON LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Agency: Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A surgical instrument and method for indicating a tissue penetration site includes an inner needle and a head. The inner needle has a driver configured to translate the inner needle form a first position to a second position. The head is securely attached to the inner needle at an end opposite the driver and is configured to expand from a contracted state to an expanded state and thereby indicate the tissue penetration site.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190000444A1 SUTURE PASSING INSTRUMENT WITH PUNCTURE SITE IDENTIFICATION FEATURE Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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