Patents Assigned to ENDOLUTIONS, LLC
  • Publication number: 20140350576
    Abstract: A suture placement device is inserted into an endoscopic trocar port site. A pivot bar with a pair of receptor ports is moved from a folded to an extended position below the fascia. The trocar port is removed over the device as the pivot bar is pulled upward against the fascia. A pair of stylet guides are deployed from two sides of the device housing, and intercept the receptor ports, thereby creating a suture path through the first guide, through a channel in the pivot bar between the receptor ports, and through the second guide. A stylet is directed through the suture path to pull a suture through the path. The guides are refracted, the pivot bar is folded, the device is removed, and the suture is tied. A stylet guide may have a partially deployed position to accurately inject an anesthetic at a desired intra-muscular layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ENDOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj B. Patel, Philip Zhao, Neal Patel, Landon Gilkey, David M. Albala, Salvatore Castro