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US 2016/0106415 A1Published application
Suture stitches for continuous surgical suturing
AssigneeiSuturing, LLC
InventorsAdel W. Mohamed, Mansour H. Mohamed, Dmitri D. Mungalov
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Abstract
A suture stitch for subcuticular suturing for reduced or minimized scarring and reduced suturing time.
Claims13
A suture stitch for adjoining a first and second edge of a tissue in an edge-to-edge interface, the suture stitch comprising:
- a suture material with at least one loop substantially parallel to and adjoining the first and the second edge in an edge-to-edge interface.
A suture stitch series for adjoining a first and second edge of a tissue in an edge-to-edge interface, the suture stitch series comprising:
- at least two suture stitches;
- each suture stitch comprising a suture material in a substantially parallel series of loops along a suture tissue line, adjoining the first and the second edge of the tissue.
A subcuticular suture stitch formed from the following method:
- providing a device comprised of elements including a spiral shaped needle, a suture thread supply, a hook, and a catcher;
- wherein each of the elements operate in automatic coordination with the remaining elements;
- wherein the needle is configured for introducing the suture thread supply into a first edge at a first point and a second edge at a second point;
- rotating the needle from a first position, through the first and the second point, to a second position, the rotation comprising at least 360 degrees;
- the hook pulling the suture thread and lifting the suture thread;
- the catcher engaging the hook and the suture thread;
- and
- retracting the needle from the second position to the first position;
- thereby creating a first suture stitch loop parallel to and adjoining the first and the second edge in an edge-to-edge interface.
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