Brooks, Narvel M.,George, Robert M.,Lee, Crystine M.,Bender, Theodore M.,Makower, Joshua,Shiu, Brian K.,Johnson, Dane A.,Limon, Timothy A.,Acosta, Pablo G.,Huss, Beverly,Newell, Matthew B.,Uemura, Shu
申请号:
AU2009257775
公开号:
AU2009257775B2
申请日:
2009.05.28
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
Methods, systems, devices and assemblies are provided for treating a patient by: making an incision or puncture though the patient's skin over the abdominal cavity; establishing an initial tract through an opening formed by the incision or puncture; advancing an instrument through the tract; contacting a distal end portion of the instrument against an inner surface of the abdominal cavity; driving at least one stitching needle through the inner surface of the abdominal cavity; continuing the driving until the at least one stitching needle exits the inner surface of the abdominal cavity; anchoring a suture carried by each of the at least one stitching needle to a suture anchor at an exit location, respectively; and applying tension to each of the sutures.