Handheld medical suturing device

A handheld medical suturing device comprising:

• a handle body having a hinge operatively connected to a distal end of a handle lever, the handle lever adapted to be grasped by a hand of a user, the handle body having a distal end which defines an opening adapted to receive tissue therein;
• an actuating arm disposed within the handle body, the actuating arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end fixed to the distal end of the handle lever;
• a constrained body disposed within the handle body, the constrained body having a proximal operatively connected to the actuating arm, and a distal end operatively connected to a pivoting radial arm;
• the pivoting radial arm disposed within the handle body, the pivoting radial arm having a proximal end operatively connected to a fulcrum point disposed within the handle body, and a distal end operatively connected to the distal end of the constrained body;
• a curved suturing needle assembly disposed within the handle body, the curved suturing needle assembly having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end operatively connected to the distal end of the pivoting radial arm, wherein the curved suturing needle assembly is adapted to advance a suture at least partially through the tissue along a suture path by a rotation of the actuating arm and the constrained body, thereby rotating the curved suturing needle assembly through the tissue between a retracted position and an extended position upon a pivoting of the handle lever relative to the handle body, wherein the curved suturing needle assembly is adapted to retract the suture along the suture path through the tissue from the extended position to the retracted position;
• a bobbin channel having a semi-annular shaped body forming a bobbin channel cavity disposed within the distal end of the handle body, the semi-annular shaped body defining an elongated slot therethrough.