Spiration; Inc.; d/b/a Olympus Respiratory America
发明人:
Adam Lee Smith,Clifton A. Alferness,Gina M. Muia-Longman,David R. Seward,Chenhao Fu,Ilia Timonin,Blake R. Stancik,Amanda Kay Woodcock,David A. Desmarais,Donald C. Baumgarten,Paul T. Hinrichs,Thomas H.
申请号：
US16367168
公开号：
US20200305876A1
申请日:
2019.03.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for driving a needle to facilitate suturing, such as may be performed in a surgical anastomosis procedure. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame. First and second rollers are rotatably mounted parallel with each other in the frame and are configured to engage therebetween a shaft of a needle formed in a helical shape. The first and second rollers are configured to counter-rotate. The needle is revolvable eccentrically around the first roller responsive to counter-rotation of the first and second rollers. A drive mechanism is secured to the frame and is configured to move the frame.
