Patent ID: 11925344
Assignee: ERGOSURGICAL GROUP CORP.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
grasping a needle with a first pair of extended members of a needle driver, wherein
a first extended member of the first pair of extended members having a first distal end portion, and
a second extended member of the first pair of extended members having a second distal end portion,
wherein the first distal end portion opposes the second distal end portion,
wherein the first distal end portion is rotatable about a first axis and the second distal end portion is rotatable about a second axis;

rotating the first distal end portion about the first axis in a first direction;
rotating the second distal end portion about the second axis in a second direction opposite the first direction;
driving the needle between the first distal end portion and the second distal end portion into a tissue being subjected to suture;
substantially completing the movement of the needle through the tissue without releasing said needle from the at least the pair of extended members; and
grasping the suturing needle by a second pair of extended members of the needle driver, wherein the second pair of extended members comprise a third extended member and a fourth extended member, such that the suturing needle extends between the third extended member and the fourth extended member.