Patent ID: 7354443
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic suturing machine, comprising: drives; stitch formation tools including at least one thread-carrying needle and a shuttle cooperating with same; a housing with a housing upper part for accommodating said drives and a housing shaft adjoining said housing upper part; and transmission means including a pivoting drive and a lifting drive associated with a shuttle shaft with cam plates arranged on one and the same shaft for transmitting movements generated by said drives to said stitch-forming tools, said housing shaft accommodating said transmission means, said transmission means moving said shuttle from a position under a material being sewn via a first pivoting movement, said transmission means lifting said shuttle with a thread loop at a spaced location from the material being sewn and pivoting said shuttle with said thread loop into a position above the material being sewn via a second pivoting movement, whereby a thread triangle formed by the thread loop surrounds a projection of a path of said needle.