Patent ID: 9693770
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical suturing device, comprising: an arced needle including a length of suture; a needle driver operable to engage and rotate the needle in a circular path, the needle driver reciprocating between a drive stoke wherein the needle is rotated and a return stroke; a trigger operably connected to the needle driver, wherein moving the trigger in a first direction actuates the needle driver through the drive stroke, and moving the trigger in a second direction actuates the needle driver through the return stroke, the trigger being operably coupled to a ratchet that is configured to prevent the trigger from moving in the second direction until the needle driver has been actuated through the drive stroke, wherein the ratchet includes a pawl configured and arranged to mesh with an arcuate toothed rack, and is bi-directional to prevent the trigger from moving in the first direction until the needle driver has been actuated through the return stroke.