Suture guide
OwnerDavid H. Epsteininventor
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Abstract
A suture guide for securing a catheter to a patient includes a body and a needle channel extending through the body. The needle channel includes a first passage extending from a first passage inlet to a first passage outlet, and a second passage extending from a second passage inlet a second passage outlet. The first passage is curved toward the second passage as the first passage extends from the first passage inlet to the first passage outlet. The first passage is configured to guide a suture needle from the first passage outlet to the second passage inlet such that the suture needle exits the first passage, traverses skin and tissue of a patient to create a patient suture passage between the first passage and the second passage, and enters the second passage to secure the catheter to the patient.
Claims20
A method of securing a suture guide to a patient, the method comprising:
- locating the suture guide on a skin surface of the patient;
- inserting a suture needle with suture material affixed thereto into the suture guide on a first side of the suture guide;
- guiding, by the suture guide, the suture needle from the first side of the suture guide, through the skin surface of the patient, and to a second side of the suture guide opposite the first side such that the suture needle exits the suture guide on the second side of the suture guide;
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- securing the suture guide to the patient with the suture material.
A method of securing a suture guide to a patient, the method comprising:
- locating the suture guide on a skin surface of the patient;
- inserting a suture needle with suture material affixed thereto into a first passage of the suture guide on a first side of the suture guide;
- guiding, by the suture guide, the suture needle from the first passage on the first side of the suture guide, through the skin surface of the patient;
- guiding, by the suture guide, the suture needle from the skin surface of the patient into a second passage on a second side of the suture guide opposite the first side;
- exiting the suture needle from the second passage on the second side of the suture guide, wherein the suture material remains in the skin surface of the patient after the suture needle exits the second passage;
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- securing at least one of a first end of the suture material at the first side of the suture guide or a second end of the suture material at the second side of the suture guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.