John C. Meade,Douglas M. MacArthur,Stephen M. Blinn,Christopher Sauliner,Brian R. Edwards,Gerald I. Brecher
申请号：
US15256079
公开号：
US09962156B2
申请日:
2016.09.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A tissue closure device includes a pusher assembly having a drive arm extending from a drive shaft and a drive mechanism at a distal end of the drive arm, wherein the drive mechanism is capable of releasably engaging and rotating a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end about a rotational axis and a cartridge having a protective housing and the suturing needle, the cartridge extending from a distal end of a cartridge holder assembly and releasably attached to the cartridge holder assembly. A pointed end of the suturing needle may be positioned within the protective housing before and after a complete rotation of the suturing needle about the rotational axis. A removable electronic module may be provided controlled by an actuator that mechanically engages the drive shaft to rotate the drive shaft and the drive mechanism, thereby rotating the suturing needle about the rotational axis.
