Electric suturing devices for endoscopy and laparoscopy
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc.
InventorsNikhil M. Murdeshwar, Thomas J. Holman, Jordan N. Milford
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Abstract
An electromagnetic suturing device comprises a body, a coil in the body and a suturing element actuatable by a magnetic suturing track extending into the first end face, a second arm having a second end face opposing the first end face, a second suturing track extending into the second end face, a coil in the first arm, and a suturing element drivable by a magnetic field generated by the coil to move from the first suturing track to the second suturing track. An electro-magnetic hammer suturing device comprises a housing and a coil in the housing, a shuttle to reciprocate in the housing by an electromagnetic field generated by the coil and a suturing element to be actuated by the shuttle.
Claims30
An electromagnetically driven suturing device comprising:
- a body;
- a first coil embedded in the body;
- and
- a suturing element configured to be actuated by a magnetic field generated by the first coil.
An electro-magnetic suturing device comprising:
- a C-shaped housing comprising:
- a first arm having a first end face;
- a first suturing track extending into the first end face;
- a second arm having a second end face at least partially opposing the first end face;
- a second suturing track extending into the second end face;
- a first coil embedded in the first arm;
- and
- a suturing element configured to be driven by a magnetic field generated by the first coil to move from the first suturing track to the second suturing track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.