Matthew B. Newell,Pankaj Rathi,Robert M. George,Marlo Dreissigacker,Narvel M. Brooks, III,Shuji Uemura,Theodore M. Bender,Joshua Makower,Dane A. Johnson,Brian K. Shiu,Pablo G. Acosta,Timothy A. Limon
申请号：
US12474234
公开号：
US08585733B2
申请日:
2009.05.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Methods, systems, devices and assemblies are provided for treating a patient by: making an incision or puncture though the patients 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.
