Patent ID: 9603593
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A needle handling device engageable to an introducer tool used for implantation of a penile prosthetic insert in a corpora cavernosum of a penis, the introducer tool configured with a barrel accommodating a needle and an obturator movable within the barrel, the obturator configured to move the needle in a distal direction out of the barrel, wherein the needle handling device comprises: an attachment section provided at a first end of the device, the attachment section configured to be releasably attached to the introducer tool by sliding the attachment section over the introducer tool, the attachment section including a first leg portion spaced apart from a second leg portion, the first and second leg portions being configured to be forced outwardly away from one another as the attachment section is slid over the introducer tool; a needle capturing section at a second end of the device and configured to capture and extract the needle out of the barrel of the introducer tool; and an intermediate section connecting the first end and the second end of the device; wherein the needle capturing section comprises a set of opposing rolls configured to receive the needle between the set of opposing rolls.