Matthew A. Megaro;Gregory Ruff;Jeffrey C. Leung;Andrew Kaplan
发明人:
Jeffrey C. Leung,Matthew A. Megaro,Gregory Ruff,Andrew Kaplan
申请号：
US12850263
公开号：
US08777988B2
申请日:
2010.08.04
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Endoscopic methods utilize self-retaining sutures to approximate tissue in a cavity of a subject. An endoscopic instrument is provided containing the self-retaining suture. The endoscopic instrument may be provided in combination with an endoscope and/or an endoscopic manipulator. The endoscopic instrument is passed through a cavity wall into a cavity of a patient. The self-retaining suture is deployed, using the endoscopic instrument, into a first tissue portion and a second tissue portion within the cavity. The self-retaining suture may be deployed endoscopically in patterns which include, purse string stitch, alpha stitch, linear stitching, curvilinear stitching, continuous helical stitch, and continuous sinusoidal stitch.
