James A. Woodard, Jr.,Aaron J. Brickner,Jason R. Lesko
申请号：
US13419503
公开号：
US09913639B2
申请日:
2012.03.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A suture needle driving instrument comprises a shaft and an end effector. The end effector is located at the distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of grasping arms. Each grasping arm comprises a respective pair of jaws. Each pair of jaws is operable to cooperate to grasp and release a suture needle. Each jaw has a needle grasping member operable to align a suture needle along a predetermined arc path. The end effector is further operable to pass the needle from one arm to the other arm during a suturing procedure. The instrument may be used through a trocar during minimally invasive surgery.
