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US 2014/0180312 A1Published application
Articulating suturing device and method
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsMichael Zung, Jasper Jackson
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Abstract
A device for closing an opening in tissue includes a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel disposed between the proximal and distal ends. A pair of pins are disposed within the channel and cooperate with a slidable and axially movable foot. The foot extends distally from the channel with a flexible guidebody extending from a distal foot end of the foot.
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A device for closing an opening in tissue, the device comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel disposed between said proximal end and said distal end and extending proximally from said distal end of said shaft;
- a foot slidingly received within said channel, said foot having a proximal foot end and a distal foot end, said foot being movable with respect to said shaft;
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- a flexible guidebody extending from said distal foot end of said foot.
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A device for closing an opening in tissue, the device comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel disposed between said proximal end and said distal end and extending proximally from said distal end of said shaft;
- a pair of pins disposed within said channel;
- a foot slidingly received within said channel and cooperating with said pair of pins, said foot having a proximal foot end and a distal foot end, said foot being movable with respect to said shaft;
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- a flexible guidebody extending from said distal foot end of said foot.
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A device for closing an opening in tissue, the device comprising:
- a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel disposed between said proximal end and said distal end and extending proximally from said distal end of said shaft;
- a pair of pins disposed within said channel;
- a separate foot slidingly received within said channel and cooperating with said pair of pins, said foot having a proximal foot end and a distal foot end, said proximal foot end cooperating with said pair of pins and said distal foot end extending distally from said channel;
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- a flexible guidebody extending from said distal foot end of said foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.