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FASCIAL CLOSURE DEVICE

  • US 20170238914A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2017
  • Published: 08/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suturing device for closing a hole in a material, the suturing device comprising:

  • a handle structure extending primarily along a first vector between a first coupling region and a handle region;

    a guide structure extending primarily along a second vector between a second coupling region and a distraction region, the second coupling region coupled with the first coupling region, the guide structure further comprising a material capture region located between the second coupling region and the distraction region;

    a needle guide cavity, extending along a needle path that originates at a needle guide portal in the first coupling region and passes only partially through the guide structure, interrupted by the capture region; and

    a suture guide cavity, extending along a suture path that originates at a suture guide input portal in the first coupling region and terminates at a suture guide exit portal in the capture region.

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