Patent ID: 6997933
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for the piercing of a single shaft needle having a suture strand affixed thereto through a patient's tissue, said device comprising a main body having a distal end, a proximal end and a passageway therethrough, an introducer adapted to pass through said passageway of said main body, said introducer having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said introducer having a cylindrical socket formed therein configured to axially receive and releasably retain a single shaft needle within said socket, said distal end of said introducer adapted to extend outwardly from the distal end of said main body when said introducer is within said passageway, and a means located at the proximal ends of said introducer and said main body to enable a user to grasp and manipulate the movement of said introducer within said main body to pierce the tissue of the patient with a single shaft needle.